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"The National Association of Pest Management [sic] reports that calls to its members about bedbugs increased 71 percent from 2000 to 2005. The nocturnal parasite's resurgence has caused one entomologist to label bedbugs 'the pest of the 21st century.'
"But what's causing the increase? The exterminators and entomologists are scratching their heads. Brian Cabrera, an assistant professor of entomology at the University of Florida at Fort Lauderdale, is among the entomologists collecting data on bedbug infestations to figure out why they're back. He spoke with Salon by phone from his office, where he keeps some bedbug specimens, in glass vials, that have not eaten in five months but are still alive. 'When I bring them out they get really active,' he says, 'because they can detect my breath, and they're very hungry.'"
