Terminix has named its pest of 2017: bed bugs. The pest of the year was determined by the Memphis, Tenn.-based company based on its research of the highest per capita online search volume of any pest this year. Americans searched for information about bed bugs more than 7.3 million times during 2017. This announcement is […]
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