Producer Robyn Semien

But it hits Stephanie much harder. Like, here we go again.

But it hits Stephanie much harder. Like, here we go again.

A few years ago, Stephanie decided to do an experiment to see how long the bedbugs could live without food, without feeding on her family. She found two baby bedbugs and kept them in a sealed plastic deli container on her windowsill. Months passed, and instead of dying, they bred. She'd grown a colony of bedbugs and an apartment of bedbugs and a building of bedbugs.

A few years ago, Stephanie decided to do an experiment to see how long the bedbugs could live without food, without feeding on her family. She found two baby bedbugs and kept them in a sealed plastic deli container on her windowsill. Months passed, and instead of dying, they bred. She'd grown a colony of bedbugs and an apartment of bedbugs and a building of bedbugs.

She ended up tossing the whole thing out. Because she could. And because she was scared they might find a way to escape.

She ended up tossing the whole thing out. Because she could. And because she was scared they might find a way to escape.