While Cincinnati has it high points, like Graters Ice Cream, Bengals, Reds and Skyline Chili, we ranked number one for them critters, not a highlight for the city. The University Of Kentucky Entomology Department has some of the best info that I have been able to find. Unfortunately, it is something that many here have to deal with. There is always mattresses and couches out at the curbs around the neighborhood. They are pia, but ... it is something that we can be proactive about.
We have a routine of treating the house every month. Between using a steamer, putting a powder in electrical sockets, and using a spray around baseboards, vacuuming often, etc...we see more spiders than bedbugs, in the coarse of the year. Have talked to some exterminators who agree that if we could get more people to be pro-active, rather than re-active, we could maybe win the battle. But the reality down here is, that you may have one hitchhike home from the movies, or Wallyworld, or a gas station. And even though all the e-scrap hits the carport or shop, we still load and unload and who knows if one crawled in a pants cuff or not.
So, we just keep doing the routine and try to be prudent about what, and who, we let in the house.
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