In the mid-1960s, there was a popular TV show called The Addams Family. I was born later, in the mid-1970s, but I remember watching re-runs of the show growing up. It had a catchy opening theme song that is still popular today. The song went like this: “They’re creepy, and they’re kooky, mysterious and spooky. They’re all together ooky, the Addams Family.”

When I hear that song, even today, the lyrics sound like they’re describing bugs and insects – the creepy, crawling kind found in old abandoned or haunted houses. I imagine scenes from an old scary movie with spiders, scorpions, cockroaches, millipedes and the like. Insects crawling everywhere. Yikes!