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Legions of tiny blood-sucking bugs are munching their way through the Big Apple, making this the city that never sleeps ... tight. Bedbugs are back, and they're not just rearing their rust-colored heads in New York City. Authorities say it's a global crisis: Exterminators who handled one or two bedbug calls a year are now getting that many in a week, according to the National Pest Management Association.

''There's an epidemic going on throughout the country, and New York seems to be the hotbed,'' said Jeffrey Eisenberg, a pest control expert.


When I was a child, they were associated with poor hygiene, now they live at the NY five star hotels.