I have seen the enemy, and the enemy is . . . a bedbug.

Bed-bugs biting Down Under

Friday, February 3, 2006; Posted: 12:13 a.m. EST (05:13 GMT)

SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- Australia is suffering a bed-bug epidemic with the tourism industry losing an estimated A$100 million (US$75 million) a year because of the blood-sucking insects, according to a new entomology study.

Excuse me while I exclaim in horror. Eeeeeeewwwwwwww! Ew! Ewww! Ew! Ew! Ew!!!

Now I have staying-in-a-hotel-room-that-was-recently-inhabited-by-someone-who-was-recently-a-tourist-in-Australia-phobia. (If somebody has the Greek translation on that, that'd be great.)