Are you afraid of spiders?

[lizagirl]

I most definitely am afraid of spiders and have been all my life.

[Lori]

Isn't he cute?

[Beth Andrea]

I know some will find this über-creepy...and others will find it über-cool...



Myself, I can't stand the hairy human legs!

[democration]

I think these things are creepier than actual spiders. I thought it was a spider the first time I saw one. They're not dangerous or anything, but when something looks like that and can jump at your face, I don't care if it bites or not, keep it away. It's a spider-cricket... they're all over the South, apparently.

Wasps are the only thing I'm really terrified of, though. Wasps, yellow-jackets, bees, hornets-- anything that flies and stings. I had a yellow-jacket sting me right in the middle of my forehead when I was kid, and I've been traumatized ever since. Haha, I've even jumped out of a boat to avoid being near one. I know you're not supposed to run or freak out, because they can "smell fear" or whatever, but f**k that, I'm out.

[Elijah3291]

I hate these things! I was at school once and I went to get something out of my bag, and one of these jumped at my face.  It was terrifying.

[Anatta]

Kia Ora D,

In NZ we have something similar which we call Wetas and there are a number of different species....Here's a giant Weta on somebody's hand[and I do mean "GIANT"] ...Their mandibles can give you a nasty pinch, but apart from that, they are quite harmless, some people keep Wetas as pets[Not the giant ones though, because they are a protected species]...

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRzUJ8IIuTiZClrGjiJJ7COz2lEYBRb7GOoxtYEOQ1PPsu2TIxv

Metta Zenda

[Superrad]

I love spiders.
My friend wrote a song called We Are All Spiders.

I respect life and ahimsa, so spiders are my buddies. I do have a spider in my room that's bitten me four times though. :cc They are worse than the worst mosquito bite I've ever gotten and I'm very allergic to 'em. It's been three weeks and I still have the bump. Serial biter spider why?

[Peppy]

i don't care too much for bugs but im not afraid of most of them, like spiders or mosquitoes or even fleas and others

its bees i cant deal with. if a bee flies in the room i start to have a panic attack. i also got stung while driving once and almost drove off the side of the road. i think everyone has at least one thing that really freaks them out, like it isn't a thing to do with gender at all lol

[Mr.X]

For all of those who fear spiders, just know that those poor things can have tough lives too:



For the record, I'm not afraid of spiders. Like a lot of insects and smaller creatures, I think they are facinating and misunderstood.

[Disgusting]

Big bugs/spiders/whatever of any kind scare the hell out of me.  Small ones I don't normally mind, though you are not getting me within a foot of a spider of any kind.  Or a cranefly, for that matter, because those are terrifying and disgusting.  And cockroaches especially, I had developed a phobia of them to the point that even fake ones would make me nervous.  I don't care if I look like a sissy, you keep them bugs away from me. 
...Besides, I've known plenty of guys who were even more afraid of bugs than I am.  Likewise, plenty of girls who weren't.  It's just an individual human thing, not truly gender-relevant at all, and I shall not be ashamed to be seen cowering on top of the kitchen table whenever there's a big spider on the floor!  ...well, OK, actually I run out of the room and come back with a very long stick or something with which to kill it and refuse to take my eyes off it until I'm sure it's dead.

[Beth Andrea]

For all of those who fear spiders, just know that those poor things can have tough lives too:



For the record, I'm not afraid of spiders. Like a lot of insects and smaller creatures, I think they are facinating and misunderstood.

That pic...is the stuff of NIGHTMARES!!

[Blaine]

I'm the designated critter killer in my house, if the dog or the bird don't eat it first. I usually try not to kill it, but when people started finding out I was studying moths and whatnot in tupperware containers I was banned from using stuff out of the kitchen. It's a little harder to catch and keep these things with just your hands. 

[Magnus]

I pretty much only have 3 things I detest more than anything else in this world and am marginally scared of. Spiders, ivy and pool drains (all varieties). I will not willingly get close to ivy or pool drains but I can and I do kill spiders (I have a nice bat to squish them with, works very well - that or the vacuum).

I was never scared of those things until age 3. I was pulling down ivy leaves (boston variety, most ugly type IMO) with my babysitter one day and I got the one with a huge black spider that crawled onto me. And then the pool drains was because of a damned 60 Minutes episode, talking about them sucking kid's organs out of... well, eviscerating them. Anyway. *Shudder*

Everything else I'm alright with though.