The bedbugs themselves are teeny little suckers, so they can be hard to see. Almost as difficult? Getting rid of them.

Tis the season for pests of all kinds to wake from their winter slumbers (or hatch from their winter eggs) and invade our homes.

I once rented an apartment with a single humongous cockroach living behind the sink. I nicknamed it the Giant Roach of Sumatra and did battle with it in a manner that would be very familiar to anyone who has ever seen Caddy Shack. I eventually won, and without the use of explosives, but I swear that roach took years off my life.