Bedbugs found at DEP building in Tallahassee, workers worried

Updated April 29, 2026, 2:45 p.m. ET

The discovery of bedbugs at a Florida Department of Environmental Protection building in Tallahassee prompted the agency to begin pest control treatments and sparked ongoing concerns from worried state employees.

John Coates, director of the Division of Water Resource Management, emailed DEP employees April 16 to inform them that bedbugs were found at the Bob Martinez Center on Blair Stone Road, though he added they were isolated to a certain area on the fifth floor.