Assistant Professor Christopher Hayes uses the heat of his finger to stimulate a colony of bedbugs in his office at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
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The mouth parts of hungry bedbugs protrude from a vented jar lid as Assistant Professor Christopher Hayes breathes across it in his office at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Assistant Professor Christopher Hayes uses a probe to turn over anaesthetized bedbugs in his Structural Pest Research Lab at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Bedbugs crawl around in Petri dishes in Christopher Hayes's Structural Pest Research Lab at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Assistant Professor Christopher Hayes checks a container filled with ants on the floor of his Structural Pest Research Lab at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)
Books at the Carson City Library have been removed after employees found bed bugs embedded within. An investigation found five books to be contaminated.
Today the City of Reno's Community Safety and Services Team conducted an in-depth inspection at a downtown motel. We weren't allowed on the property during the review, but Andi Guevara was there to find out what happens during these check-ups and why.