Ahhh, the tropics - can't wait to get there - bugs and all!
I have come to an uneasy truce with the little critters of St Maarten. After all, I am the visitor!

But one time, when my husband and I were staying on the 1st floor of LaTerrasse, I opened the door to the hallway, and to my horror, I saw what I thought was a bat. The monster was hanging quietly on the ceiling very, very close to our door. Naturally, I screamed and jumped back into our room, calling frantically for reinforcements!
My husband went into the little utility closet and grabbed a broom or a mop, and went out to shoo it away. I was peeking out the door to watch the battle, but my husband came back in and put the weapon away. "It's only a big moth," he said nonchalantly, as if that made it all better!