Recently I came across a chart in USA Today that showed the results of a poll that asked adults what bugs they feared the most. Specifically they asked if you would have a great deal of fear if the following bugs (ants, cockroaches, termites, bees/wasps, spiders, bedbugs)showed up in your house.
This got me thinking about my bug phobias. As a homeowner I think termites scare me the most. The rest of the bugs I can deal with and they can't destroy my house. On the other hand, termites are scary because most times you don't even know you have them until it's too late. Fortunately I've never actually had them in any of our houses...yet!
While termites are the ones I fear as a homeowner, as a longtime pro in the hotel business I must say bedbugs are pretty scary. Again, you can't see 'em and you don't know you have 'em until someone complains. By then it's too late and you have to do a lot of pretty radical stuff to get rid of 'em. It's happened to my hotels a couple of times and I can tell you it was not fun. For the guests, or for us!
Here's the list from the USA Today poll:
- Termites - 33%
- Bedbugs - 28%
- Bees/wasps - 27%
- Cockroaches - 27%
- Spiders - 21%
- Ants - 18%
What about you? What bugs in your house scare you?
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