Eight Legged Freaks

[Mick]

Spiders really don't bother me at all. You'd be lucky if you lived with me, I'd kill 'em for ya! There were spiders living in my bathroom down in my basement. I didn't really care and then they eventually died. It took me months to take those dead spiders down. I just really don't mind spiders at all. I'll kill when it's necessary. If I see them outside, they're no problem and I leave them alone. When they enter my domain, I'll kill 'em.

[Conando]

Spiders are the most badass motherfuckers of the animal kingdom. You know what happens if you put 200 spiders in a small room for 2 days? 1 survives.

I am seriously considering a tarantula for a pet. They are totally bitching and I'm also told they're low maintenance. And they're less likely to kill you than a cat! (Cats are awesome too, by the way.)

I've also heard they can be rather affectionate. That notion would disturb quite a few people, eh?

[Phos]

My fear of spiders is directly proportional to the harm their bite is able to bring. Most spiders I barely pay attention to, but Brown Recluses can really get my attention, I believe their bite causes gangrene. I dunno if we have anything worse than that in my area.

I don't have arachnophobia, and I really don't mind spiders. So long as they keep to themselves. I saw a Black Widow the other day just hanging out in one of our gutters like right next to the door to the trash cans and I just let it be. It didn't attack me... but of course my Dad saw it too and killed it xD

So yeah, spiders really don't bother me, my family keeps them around to kill all the little nuisances that pop up around the house. ROACHES ON THE OTHER HAND ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND I KILL THOSE BUGGERS WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE!! >:U

Just a glimpse of a Roach makes me loose my apatite. I once found one in our kitchen sink... in the one with the garbage disposal. It was kind of funny, actually.

[Octarine]

Little spiders are okay to me, especially ones with higher abdomen-to-head ratios. I find black widows weirdly adorable, for instance, while tarantulas (being enormous, hairy and having giant goddamned jaws) usually creep me right the hell out.

Roaches are way worse, though, for sure. I usually don't have trouble with individual insects of any kind, but when there's more than one, my confidence flies right out the window. Given roaches' tendency to swarm in dozens, if not hundreds... eep. I'm oddly okay with ants and termites, though, and I'd really like bees if it weren't for the whole "stinging" thing.

Edited July 27, 2010 by Octarine

[ovarloard]

Little spiders are okay to me, especially ones with higher abdomen-to-head ratios. I find black widows weirdly adorable, for instance, while tarantulas (being enormous, hairy and having giant goddamned jaws) usually creep me right the hell out.

As I've said before, I hate most spiders... but I can't count tarantulas in the same category. For some strange reason, whether it's their size or their hariness (and also knowing they're not as deadly as some of the others), I love those guys. Ever since I saw one at a zoo a long time ago (there aren't any wild ones where I live), I've wanted one as a pet.

and I'd really like bees if it weren't for the whole "stinging" thing.

I find that since I'm not allergic to bees, I'm fine with them. I used to run at the first sight of one, but since the first time I was stung, I've realized that there's practically nothing harmful about them. Sure, it itches for a bit, but the pain is almost nonexistent - I only realized I had been stung after I felt a slight poking sensation, after which the bee flew out of my pants (lol).

It's no worse than a mosquito bite is. (eugh, mosquitos. those bites swell up to a few inches in diameter for me. I'd actually prefer a bee sting to another mosquito bite.)

[Sapphire]

Ugh... this topic gives me the jibblies.

Let's just cut to the chase: I am a total wimp when it comes to (most) bugs. The more legs and bigger the size, the worse they are. Spiders can be OK, sometimes. But the big ones that run hella fast... *shiver*.

What's worse, though, are those goddammed centipedes. I saw one the other day freaking creeping along a wall by the TV. It was seriously about 3 or 4 inches long. So naturally I screamed and my dad killed it with bug spray. Too big to smash, I guess.

[Nerfuffle]

I cannot tell who is more afraid: them of me or me of them? The only black widow I ever saw was sealed in a glass jar, and I intend to keep things that way. Arachnophobia is an interesting concept, since so few people in the world seem to lack it. I would rather stare a snake in the face than have an arachnid crawl on me.

This concept was brought up in Psych class, interesting stuff indeed. Supposedly the current thinking is that the primal code that contributes to the fear of Spiders and Snakes and such are imbedded in all human minds before birth, but this code needs to be "triggered" at a young age. Seeing someone recoil from a Snake on a TV set is enough to trigger a fear of snakes later in life.

Personally I'm all right with spiders so long as I know what the heck I'm looking at. I know a lot of people who panic over Cicadas; Seriously not as threatening as most of the critters mentioned here.

[Gabz Girl]

I don't have a fear of spiders per se, but there are some species of spider that just make me scream when I see them, especially when they're big, hairy and REALLY fast. D:

For example, the Wolf spider. Few weeks ago I saw one scurrying out of a mattress. I SCREAMED. Those things are freaky as hell! T__T I hope I never have one of those crawling over my skin... *shudder*

Strangely enough, I'm not scared at all of Tarantulas. O.o I guess that's because they're pretty slow moving though.

[Fleetsy]

The amount of images in this topic is horrible. D:

I can't stand most spiders. I don't mind the really small ones, because they're easily dealt with, but anything bigger than a 50p coin and I'm batting it with whatever I can get my hands on. They're just awful. >.< This topic has made me keep double checking everything around me incase there are spiders around now. D:

[turbojet]

Everything is out to kill you in Austrailia.

[Blusolyn]

If I see a spider inside the house I would try to get it but of course sometimes it would disappear somewhere. Or I wouldn't want to get it at all. But recently I saw the most beautiful bright green spider outside. But this fella seem to be the jumpy type. I guess medium in size.

A few years back when I was getting something from outside I walked back into the house and went into the kitchen. I just happen to look down and saw this "unknown insect" on me. It was huge and it had pretty big antenna. That's all I basically remembered how it looked. I screamed and slapped it right off me. I saw it on the floor close to the den. Then it seemed like it flew in slow motion and went flying to my dad who was sitting in the den. So Dad said something and he caught it in some paper towel.

Around here we get these web worms in the trees. *shivers* I would hate to be the person to walk into those.

[Ferno]

You guys should look up Camel Spiders...even bigger than tarantulas....O.O

Edited July 27, 2010 by Cute Fluffy Ferno

[Fleetsy]

You guys should look up Camel Spiders...even bigger than tarantulas....O.O

NONONONO. Everytime I'm reminded of these I become absolutely paranoid that they're hiding in every corner of every room I enter. UUUUGH.

[HunterTSF]

BUMPING OLD TOPICS LIKE A BOSS

Okay, so yeah. Crane flies. I hate them. HATE HATE HAAAAAATTEEEE. LOOK AT THIS FUCKER.

TERRIFYING. POSITIVELY, ABSOLUTELY HORRID. These winged beasts pop up locally around this time of year every year. They swarm near doors for whatever reason, and are big and scary and I really really really don't like them. One of these creatures invaded my room last night and I have resorted to sleep on a very uncomfortable sofa in another room until it dies...and then I'll wait for my cat to eat it or something because I'm certainly not going near it.

HAAAAATTEEE.

[Emperor Robrainiac]

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world who's not afraid of spiders.

And yet worms creep me the crap out... What's wrong with me? D:

You guys should look up Camel Spiders...even bigger than tarantulas....O.O

out of curiosity, I did... Dear god, those fangs... those bites! I may not be afraid of spiders but... god damn, that thing is what nightmares are made from!

Edited March 31, 2011 by The Stinking Recolor

[SGn3]

Am I the only person here who thinks Spiders are cute?

Nope you aren't. Spiders are cute looking little critters, especially the jumping spider because of its big eyes.

[TwoTailedFox]

One time, I was sitting on the floor playing Sonic 2 on Mega Collection Plus. I paused the game to go do something else, look down, and right there crawling around on me was this freaky looking gray spider. I was like, "AHHH! GO AWAY!" and somehow found the courage to brush it off with my hand. I then found something else to sit on instead of the floor.

Another time, I was just walking across the floor and I look down and I think, "Hm, I've never seen that before." Suddenly, the thing moves and I'm just screaming, "SPIDER! SPIDER! BIG SPIDER!" He crawled under the place where the TV sits and I never saw him again

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I really hate spiders, they freak me out. I had this HUGE spider that lived in my kitchen. It scared me half to death just to walk in there! It finally left, but decided to move over to where I sleep. Luckily, it's gone now. At least, I hope so...

My most recent experience with a spider was the other day. I was in the bathroom, and I looked at the door to the cabinet. I saw this black dot on the door and suddenly realized that it was a spider and I started SCREAMING! The spider then crawled off the door, and over to where I was and that made me scream even more! I believe it is now somewhere behind the toilet :/

[Ferno]

I really hate it when you see one that just slips away under a piece of furniture or something. Then all of a sudden it's "EVERWHUUR." This especially applies to the night when one is about to sleep. You better kill that thing as soon as you spot it, otherwise, no sleep will be had.

[Lamor]

I don't mind spiders because ones that live in Poland aren't that big but you know what bug I absolutely HATE?

FREAKING EUROPEAN HORNET!!! SO BIG, THEY ARE AWFULLY AGRESSIVE AND I SWEAR THAT THEY WANT TO KILL ME!!!

Edited May 6, 2012 by Lamor

[KazunaRei]

Look at me being an parrot, echoing what most of you guys have said, I'm cool with spiders smaller than a head of a pin. Anything bigger than my thumb is panic time~~~~~!

Aw man I remember when my cousins and I would get buckets of dirt and start throwing hand fills of the stuff at my grandma's house, cause there was always a ton of Daddy Long Legs chilling on it outside and we're knock them down and stomp them dead. XDD It pissed my grandma off when we did that, you know they like sitting in corners, they always were in the window or near one.

And and one day when I looked out the window there was a fucking Orb Weaver right in my face, thankfully it was on the other side of the glass so I didn't have a screaming fit. But from what my mom said her friend did when she took him to the window so he could kill it. XDD

[Johnny Boy]

To be honest I'm not really afraid of spiders. The only ones I'll kill on sight are brown recluses, which happen to be highly venomous. Good lord, do you know how many of those things you'll find here in Georgia?

But the one insect I truly freaking hate are wasps. Why? Because unlike their cousin the bee (which will only sting in self defense), wasps will sting you for no good fucking reason what so ever. Yeah thats right, these little bastards will attack you for shits and giggles. And to make things worse, unlike bees who can only sting once and only once, a wasps stinger never becomes detached from it's abdomen. In other words, they can sting you as many times as they'd like.

But the one insect I hate more than anything else is the fucking mosquito. Sure, I hate wasps but they serve an important role in the environment. Actually all animals serve their own special role in the environment, except the fucking mosquito. Tell me this, does the mosquito do something helpful like pollinating flowers or keeping herbivore populations in check. Here's the answer, no they fucking don't. All mosquito's seem to do is go around, suck blood and spread disease. And to be honest the mosquito is the one animal on this earth that I would be happy to see go completely extinct. FUCK YOU MOSQUITOS!!!!!

[Your Vest Friend]

Add me to the wasp-hater camp. I will do whatever it takes to avoid those things, and even then they sometimes get to me and I end up walking home needing vinegar on the stung area. Fortunately the wasps are apparently idiots in my area since they never sting more than once (I was stung in the finger once, but it became stuck in there for some reason and I pulled it out then crushed it).

Also reminds me of the time I was looking at deciduous matter with a partner in an Invertebrate Biology lecture, and we saw this wasp on a leaf that looked like it was dead. I opted to move it with forceps to the petri dish, but I swore I saw its leg twitch as I touched it. I pressed on regardless, only to find that it was coming around to consciousness as I was carrying it over. Fortunately, I was able to put it in the dish and cover it before it could unfurl its wings and fly up. The lecturer had to come over and dispose of it for us (we thought he'd just release it out the window at first, then he asked if we'd tallied the other bugs, and then mentioned something about putting the dish in the freezer as he walked to the door while showing the wasp off to curious other groups. It sounds like the wasp got turned into a preservation specimen...).

THAT is scarier than any spider I've ever come across. Spiders are sweet little cuties and I always escort one outside if I see it in the house.

[VO.SUPER]

I'm afraid of touching all insects, but I'm terribly fascinated by them at the same time. The only ones I don't mind being touched by are ants and flies, because those buggers do it so much that I'm used to them. I've learned to appreciate spiders since they eat up those bloody pests, and the spiders we get around here aren't that harmful. Heck, I find them kind of cute. Just don't let them touch me.

Also, am I the only one who thought that picture of a crane fly looked more derpish than frightening?

[Solkia]

Not only are spiders cute, but they're helpful too.

[Nerfuffle]

It helps if I know what the hell I'm looking at. Sometimes I think nature is just screwing with me.

This thing?

Bite you can’t feel, difficult to diagnose, hides in clothing laying on the ground, gangrene if untreated.

This 6-inch sucker I found in my back yard?

Tickles you, non-venomous, makes a decent pet.