Problems with bedbugs are increasingly reported in Lithuania’s largest cities, with the number of calls for extermination doubling since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. Most cases have been reported in the capital Vilnius, as well as in Kaunas and Šiauliai.
“We used to have about three calls a week. Now we get so many calls in one day,” said Edgaras Valys, Development Manager at the pest control company Derapro.
Valys said that bedbugs usually live in wooden bed frames, especially under mattresses, where you can see their droppings – small black dots. “They feed on human blood,” he said, warning hotel guests to lift the mattresses and check for them.
He added that the…