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Creepy Crawlies and Longleggety Beasties
Posted by ThriftShopRomantic • 9/25/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bugs, creepy crawlies, fear, heading for the hills, humor, insects, spiders
I like to think that I'm not necessarily a complete scaredy-cat, but certain insects and I do not have the best interpersonal relationships...
You can read what happened when a giant one decided to stomp through my bathroom like a many-legged antennaed Godzilla--
www.cabbagesnkings.net/2009/09/bugzilla-versus-bathra.html
My question is, are you one of those calm, cool, calculated people who grab yellow jackets out of the air and eradicate roaches with ease?
Or are you in the next county, breaking the land-speed record, when long-leggety beasties raise their ugly heads?
Any in particular that scare the bejeebers out of you?
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I don't like roaches, mosquitos or those damn little ants that find every crumb in the kitchen.-
Oh, the ants that leave a nice teeny trail of themselves around the baseboards, so you question whether you're seeing things or not?
Those guys are a pain to get rid of, too. -
This weekend will be major chemical extermination. Then we'll see who's boss.
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Give 'em what-for, DBR!
My dad gets them a lot and uses ant traps. That usually takes care of them for a little while.
Until they decide to go marching two-by-two again, anyway.
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Moths!! moths scare the HELL outta me for no apparent reason. Its not like they actually do anything.. they fly around stupidly. I know they're just stupid too, but it still scares the crap outta me when they fly stupidly towards my face!!-
See, I think it's more the "flying stupidly towards your face" part that's the kicker. I totally get that.
I'm fine with insects as long as we both maintain a sense of personal space. They're interesting to look at.
There's no need to charge me, jump at me, or run up my leg.
Yet this, they persist in. -
wp
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I don't like bugs, not at all. When I was younger I would run around and call my dad. He would just look at me with a big smile and say "They won't bite, just grab them at one paw (in case it was a spider) and dangle them around and set them free'"
I was just looking like :|. And when I finally convinced him that this GIANT spider was going no where and he had to come. He would slowly stand up, walk to the room and grab the spider, laughing that it was such a tiny spider, grab its aw or just let it crawl on his hand and run after me....Man I sure DON'T miss those days ^_^.
Now, I kinda over this fear for all bugs. In other words, I'm not running around like a maniac hehehe. Spiders in particularly, I still don't like, but I do find them interesting.
I'm off to read your post!!-
Your dad is the Spider Whisperer?
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I think, he thinks he his. You know sometimes i do spot him standing in the garden, touching some branches or leaves. When I ask him what he's doing, he replies: Come look, this is a funny spider.
I just slowly turned around and walk back in the house. -
Heh. I can see why!
If it were me, I might go and look, but from a nice distance...
In case the spider decided to do a standing broad jump or something. -
Haha well...my dad is kinda unpredictable with this.
If he was touching the branches, then I would stay away for sure, because my dad would have to touch the branches again to show what this 'funny spider' was doing....of course it was an accident if this spider suddenly flies through the sky and lands on my head... -
Heh, now I'm starting to see where the other day you'd said your dad might just be the neighborhood eccentric.
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Hahaha yes indeed
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I don't like spiders. I don't have arachnaphobia...just can't stand them!-
Why, do they owe you money or something?
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LOL! I don't want them crawling in my mouth when I sleep.
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G-AHH!
Now, Exit, I think I have something all-new to worry about.
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I don't like insects in general but I have no problems killing them, except for scorpions, I freeze if I see one. Remember, I live in the desert so, they are not that uncommon.
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And do you have the big kind that aren't so dangerous-- more like a bee sting-- or the small ones that really pack a punch?
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Both
The big black one I have seen them only on the beach. The orange/yellow ones (most venomous) are everywhere. Just thinking about it makes my body hair stand up, yikes! -
Oh boy-- aren't you lucky! You must take your life in your hands just gardening.
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I think bugs are great and very interesting. How some bugs can freeze themselves all winter and survive, or how ants use formic acid to find their way home, how moths can jam the radar of a bat, etc... I think they are fascinating.
So obviously, I am not afraid of bugs! Actually, these interesting behaviours of bugs were one of the reasons I started my blog.-
Do you have a particular favorite among your insect friends, then?
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Great question, ThriftShopRomantic!
I don't think I have a favourite but I have always liked bumble-bees. In fact my dad taught me how to pet them when I was young. The way their social family is set up is impressive. Not too mention that it is pretty cool how they use the position of the sun to navigate their way home.
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Their own internet GPS then. I always liked how furry they were.
As a kid it was almost impossible to imagine something so large being generally non-aggressive and of entirely different temperament to yellow jackets and wasps.
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I can't stand the sight on roaches. They scare the living daylights out of me.-
Do you have the smaller roaches or those giant Palmetto bugs that are bigger than a car?
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I have seen small and big both. Small ones are creepier because they are more agile.
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They train for that, you know. They take classes. It's sorta like yoga.
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When I lived in Russia, I stayed in a college dorm *exclusively* for foreigners. My room was wired for sound and had a radio hard-wired into the wall that could not be turned off, only down.(So much the better to subliminally re-train my capitalist brain.)
I also had guests of three varieties. Yes, 3 different species of cockroaches made their homes in my (and everyone's room). We used to joke that they were outfitted with spy cameras to catch us talking about western ideas. Seriously, though... my best friend was the lady down the street who had a kiosk of roach motels.
She was visited by me and my friends often. [shivers]-
Talk about being bugged-- literally!
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Less than a year.
Some people I was living with loved it, but I just couldn't get used to it. (coulda been all the skittering...) -
I can imagine. Just a few too many roommates NOT paying rent.
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Cockroaches are awful. I absolutely hate them.
We found one in the bathroom the other day, and my roommate had never seen one before, so she told me there was a big bug in the shower. Thinking it was a spider, I went in to see. Ridiculous screaming and running around ensued until we found a can of Raid, haha.-
You're going to have to develop a Bug Scale, sort of like Homeland Security Threats. Giant cockroaches being RED, spiders ORANGE, etc.
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Ah beasties, an excellent Scottish word.
Here is another two for you "stumble steerie" (describes the way a toddler walks). Sorry rather off topic but it is always nice to read ones lingua franca in an international place.-
Hey, I don't mind "off-topic" if it's interesting info!
"Stumble steerie" is quite good, in terms of its accurate image, isn't it?
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I do crawl but only the web
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That kind is quite easy to deal with.
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I like the wee beasties, all but Wasps and Daddy long legs... anything that can sting or waft itself in my face for no reason has to be evicted.-
Too many legs in terms of those Daddy Long Legses then?
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I tend to have pretty rational fears, I'm afraid.
If something can do me damage (hornets, yellow jackets, Hobo-Spiders, etc) I tend to react cautiously (or over-react as the case might be). If however it is just a daddy-longlegs or some such thing, not so much.
those damn moths are just a special nusiance when they fly into one's face, drop down out of light fixtures etc. And their wing-dust... bleck!-
As a garden gnome, I imagine you see quite a lot of this sort of thing.
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You'll have to give him a minute while he gets the spider webs and dead moths out from between his fingers. -
and slugs are the worst
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The only bugs that really freak me out are millipedes. [shiver] I don't like hornets, who seem to have an affinity for our garage and require several discouraging nest removals each summer, but that's mostly because they're mean. Millipedes just gross me out--talk about too many legs!
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I believe some millipedes can bite, too, similar to a spider. For me, that's another reason to not hang out with them.
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Biuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugggggggggggssssssss
That about says it right there. -
She killed Godzilla ...? ??? !!!-
She's very brave and mighty for a small blonde lady.
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I used to work in an office that had an infestation of these:
shown approximately TRUE SIZE!-
Being that they are harmless to humans, they became the subject of various practical jokes.
It got to the point where if one of us came back to our desk to find an overturned cup on it, we knew what was lurking underneath -
Ok, harmless and all those are creepy! They look like a chimera between a roach, a millipede and a daddy-longleg, eeewwww.
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This is what folks have correctly identified as the creepy in my story. Apparently the common house centipede can run 16 inches a second.
I believe it.
They also gallop.
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I hate KU fans. They are annoying bugs.
And flying bugs. Like beetles.-
Rock, Jock, Jayhawks RULE!
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Suck, Cock, Gayhawk
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although I was just messing with you, I feel obliged to note that KU has a much better football team this year
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Yes... But it doesn't mean that I don't hate them.
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it least there is still basketball season... oh, wait
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Our basketball team has been going great under Frank Martin. Went 1-1 when KU won the national championship, beat them in Lawrence another year.
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here's a beastie for ya
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Is that real? what is it?
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a "Hickory Horned Devil"
here is the source link:
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It does look devilish, but I like the green part, jajajaja
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I'm guessing it's from the South
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Eastern United States: New York to Florida, west to Texas and Nebraska
It is a moth as an adult, double yuk! jajajajaja
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cool info
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It's a bit hard to know where one part of him starts and another part begins.
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Apparently, there will be a torrent of little critters in our homes in the UK over the next few weeks, especially the eight-legged variety.
In order to keep our fury little friends at bay, conkers are meant to be excellent spider repellents. Something to do with the smell.
Why not give it a go, and let us know how you get on.-
Didn't this one star in one of the Harry Potter films?
Aragog, is that you? -
I randomly pulled this image off t'internet. I agree that it is a scary pic.
Crickey, if I saw something like that lurking in the corner of my room, I'll be the first to admit, I'd sh*t my pants. I'm all man, but when it comes to creepy crawlies, you wanna see how fast I can run lol.
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OMFG, I suddenly feel ill. A spider I can handle, even a big one. A batch of giant baby spiders with their huge mama in tow? [runs screaming]
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I have a spider who lives above my toilet,Bathroom Bob, who recently had his own version of arachnid immaculate conception and produced loads of eggs that managed to keep attached to his face until they hatched. I think he ate them when they hatched because He looked a bit fatter and he wouldn't say where the baby spiders where and gave me some cock and bull story about a private school for magically inclined spiders called Cockworts.-
you talk to spiders in your toilet?
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Remember Agit8r, he only eats ants. The rest are company.
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One ought to have some sympathy for these creatures. After all, they are just souls different from us in body :-). Try if yourself. sympathize with a roach and you will notice how petrified it is when it realizes you are looking at it
As a kid I used to be scared of the roaches (the big variety) until one day I played baseball using a broom with one that came flying at me.. and over time I learned to calm myself when sighting them-
I have sympathy with it until it decides that the way to handle its fear is to chase me into the next room.
If it would keep a sense of personal space, all would be groovy.
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I used to be calm, cool & collected, until I found out that I'm deathly allergic to many of them. I can still tolerate ones that aren't an immediate threat, but I've definitely stopped rescuing bees from drowning in pools & such. -
Yet another thread defeated by Professor Chaos.
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