Can you get bed bugs from walking into a house that has them?

Question by lynnbek:
Can you get bed bugs from walking into a house that has them?

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Answer by crazyem
no you’d have to roll around in them for a while

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Scarlett March 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm: you already have bugs in your bed. every matress in the world contains millions of microscopic bugs which feed off your dead skin cells, sweat, and the dirt of your skin.

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huhbora March 25, 2011 at 3:21 pm: I’m pretty sure that you can’t, you just have to sleep in a bed with bed bugs. But if something bit you, then I can asure you that it was another bug, not a bed bug.

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bjolly14 March 25, 2011 at 4:17 pm: i dont think so. usually bed bugs hide in beds or sofas or other furniture like that.

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L. A March 25, 2011 at 5:14 pm: I’m sure if the house was infested with them, yeah. They could’ve crawled onto your purse, your pants. I have a friend who brought bedbugs home on her suitcase from a hotel she stayed at.

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Dal T March 25, 2011 at 5:26 pm: They live in everyone’s bed. Don’t worry they just take a nibble from you ever so often. Like every 10 months.

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