Bugs

[Madame Adequate]

There's a plume moth hanging around in my room the last couple of days, he's pretty cool with his awesome T-shape and stuff.

I'm no fan of spiders but centipedes are literally the worst creature possible. I never thought I had an issue with them, then one crawled across my desk and it freaked me right the smurf out SO HARD, I spent the next 45 minutes suited up (As in I had NO exposed skin below my chin) looking for the smurfer until Murphy, hero that he is, hunted it down.

[Pike]

The other day there was a mosquito in my car on the drive home from work and it kept zipping around my head and in general being annoying so finally I smacked it against the window with the back of my hand.

Then I spent the rest of the drive home being utterly disgusted by the mosquito guts smeared all over my hand (and the window).

[AngelWings8]

The other day there was a mosquito in my car on the drive home from work and it kept zipping around my head and in general being annoying so finally I smacked it against the window with the back of my hand.

Then I spent the rest of the drive home being utterly disgusted by the mosquito guts smeared all over my hand (and the window).

Oh god...I can't even smack bugs until I've got a tool or tons of paper towels to shield me from their grossness. If there's a bug in my room between me and the doorway...I will seriously wait until it moves so I can walk past it. I have issues.

And sharky...I curse you to hell good sir. Let's hope I don't remember my dreams

[Pike]

Oh god...I can't even smack bugs until I've got a tool or tons of paper towels to shield me from their grossness.

That's usually how I am too. Actually, I usually won't even do it with a tissue or paper towel. xD

[AngelWings8]

Yeah...I need like several layers of protection...possibly even put on socks/gloves to make sure none of my skin is exposed :O_O:

In the past...I'd usually find a cup and put it over the bug if I can bring myself to get close enough. Then leave it for either my dad or my boyfriend (depending on what point of my life this was) to come home and kill it.

[Raistlin]

I hate bugs in general, but most common ones don't bother me too much. Spiders are a notable exception, though I've managed to get over my phobia of smaller ones to be able to kill them without pause. I am still irrationally terrified of big spiders, especially hairy ones.

Wasps also freak me out a bit. I'll also kill all bigger bugs (centipedes, etc), but smaller ones (moths, flies, etc.) I just ignore unless they start bugging bothering me.

[Slothy]

Wasps also freak me out a bit.

Stuff like wasps, bees, scorpions, etc. that can actually hurt you I generally have a healthy respect for, but I'm not really scared of. Try to keep a healthy distance, don't make any sudden movements if they land on you, that sort of thing, but if they're near me I'm not going to panic or anything. It's basically only Spiders I have an irrational fear of. Especially the big hairy ones as you mentioned. Thankfully we don't have any of those here, though we still have some pretty big, fast moving little bastards.

[sharkythesharkdogg]

So have any of you ever let tarantula or rhinoceros beetle crawl on you? They're pretty awesome. Giant centipedes are also pretty cool. Those bastards are venomous though.


I'm buy everyone in this thread a Venus flytrap for Christmas.


Wings, my day isn't complete until someone threatens me with damnation. That's how I roll.

[Peegee]

Interestingly (not) I was terrified of bees until I was stung. Not because the sting wasn't painful (it was so painful my neighbours heard my screaming), but because I finally got stung and the pain was felt, not imagined. Does that make sense to you? Also I stepped on said bee, and the odds of that happening are pretty low.

[Rantz]

I think... I dunno. What freaks me out isn't so much certain species or anything, but too fast movement. Things that I can't keep up with make me panic. Slow bugs don't usually bother me. Exception: smurfing moths that come and buzz in my ear. That sound... it's just the worst.

[Shlup]

DO NOT WANT:
spiders
ticks
whatever it was that flew in my ear and died last week

Yo stay in your space, I'll stay in mine:
cockroaches
centipedes
pincher bugs
mosquitoes
red ants

Meh, you cool:
black ants
moths
tarantulas

Let's be friends:
crickets
grasshoppers
ladybugs
pill bugs
butterflies

I will breed you on purpose:
Madagascan hissing cockroaches
African giant millipedes
Emerald pill bugs
bees

[sharkythesharkdogg]

Interestingly (not) I was terrified of bees until I was stung. Not because the sting wasn't painful (it was so painful my neighbours heard my screaming), but because I finally got stung and the pain was felt, not imagined. Does that make sense to you? Also I stepped on said bee, and the odds of that happening are pretty low.

I woke up one morning, hopped out of bed, and stepped directly on a hornet. It was quite sad face.

Never happened before, probably won't happen again, but I still check all over the floor every morning.

[Timekeeper]

In this thread we discuss insects, arachnids, and other assorted creepy-crawlies and your thoughts and experiences with them. P.S. I told you not to play with spiders!

The video made me cringe, it looks like he caught the poor spider's leg between the bowl and the ceiling. I hope it's ok

I don't really have a fear of any kind of bugs (arthropods in general), I just have an issue if they continue to annoy me, such as flies on my food, or mosquitoes (I am rather paranoid about mosquitoes biting me at the moment, as I've gotten used to the malaria carrying ones which you kinda need to avoid), but I wouldn't say that's a fear...

Everyone should watch this though

[Madame Adequate]

In this thread we discuss insects, arachnids, and other assorted creepy-crawlies and your thoughts and experiences with them. P.S. I told you not to play with spiders!

The video made me cringe, it looks like he caught the poor spider's leg between the bowl and the ceiling. I hope it's ok [/URL]

Cringing becausze the SPIDER might be hurt/