Photo Album: Mysterious bites turn out to be bed bugs in Pine Beach, NJ

This Pine Beach homeowner was concerned that he may have bedbugs because of unexplained insect bites when he woke up in the morning. No one in the family actually saw any bugs, there were no other signs of bugs like blood or fecal stains on the sheets, and no one traveled anywhere in the last year.    First, to get one bed bug misconception out of the way: You don’t have to travel to some exotic location to pick up bed bugs or even stay overnight somewhere in a motel. Bedbugs are just as likely to hitchhike their way into your home from your daily activities — from a doctor's office, cab, bus, train, a visitor, your kid’s school. I could go on and on as to the places where Cowleys has treated bed bugs. No place is immune from these pests. During a recent bed bug treatment, we traced the source back to the homeowner’s place of worship!