In spring, the domestic home becomes a favorite destination for the parasitic insects.

But did you know many common household pests cannot stand this festive spice? While creepy crawlies, bed bugs and common ...

"An ounce of prevention certainly is worth a pound of cure," said Megan Meuti, an Ohio State University Extension agent.

A mutation that helps insects survive our chemical onslaught has been found in one of the worst places imaginable: the genome of the common bed bug.