Spiders

[Sailsia]

...are f*#king freaky. At least that's what I think. There's one stuck in the light fixture over my bed so I'm leaving my light on until it dies. I have a massive phobia of bugs, I've lost sleep over the thought of them.

What do you think of spiders?


(please note I am specifically asking that no one post pictures of bugs/spiders in this thread)

[1000 Cats]

Definitely agree, and I second the note on kindly no pictures, haha. Mind, I don't really care that much about smaller spiders (which are mercifully all we get for the most part), but the bigger ones (say, 4cm or more), nothx.

[The Warrior Hearted]

i like spiders, they eat mosquitos and gnats.

Plus, they are pretty cool. they will crawl right up on ya and wander across your palms like a mealworm

[Disco Tetris]

I appreciate their usefulness, but hate them.

[Avenio]

I like spiders. Around here, they do a pretty good job of keeping the mosquito population in tow. Plus, normally all we get are the harmless daddy-long-legs and wolf spiders with the occasional black widow, so they're nothing to be afraid of, really. If there's anything I hate with a burning passion in the insect/arachnid family, though, it's wasps. Hate them hate them hate them.

[Candain]

the only thing we have to fear is fear its self and spiders

[Olthar]

Spiders are so cute.

Don't you want to hug it?

[Uawc]

Spiders are natural pesticides. They eat many insects and other creatures which cause health problems for humans in one way or another, like mice and mosquitoes. Humanity needs spiders.

[The Warrior Hearted]

Spiders are so cute.

(Image)

Don't you want to hug it?

color it brown and youd have my pet tarantula

he looks at me with that same funny face

[The Warrior Hearted]

I like spiders. Around here, they do a pretty good job of keeping the mosquito population in tow. Plus, normally all we get are the harmless daddy-long-legs and wolf spiders with the occasional black widow, so they're nothing to be afraid of, really. If there's anything I hate with a burning passion in the insect/arachnid family, though, it's wasps. Hate them hate them hate them.

Wasps dont tend to sting you if you dont freak out or harm them. Try and calm down next time you see a few of them buzzing by

[Imperium Nova Roma]

I'm not really scared of spiders unless they're freaky colored or they get a jump on me. The ones around here are mostly harmless.

Now...COCK ROACHES, CCCOOOCCKK ROACHES, MY MORTAL ENEMY, HOW THEY FESTER AND CLIMB ALONG MY HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, CCCOOOCCCK RROOOAACCCHHEESSSS!

[The Basset Warriors]

NO! They terrify me!

[Marcheria]

Meh. I admit, they're not the prettiest, but I don't mind spiders. I've accepted the fact that they're not deliberately going to hurt me, they're all just little guys trying to get by in the world. Aren't we all?

(Feel free to use that as a pick up line )

[United Mercenary Firms]

I do recall the time I was hiking through the dense jungle, machete in one hand, pith helmet in the other, and just when I had decided that leeches were the worst calamity to ever before man I saw an enormous spider the size of a an extremely large hamburger just a few metres away.

Of course, at that moment I promptly changed my mind. That same occasion, I was to see millipedes that grew as long as snakes. When others ridiculed me for my "exaggerated" reports of the wildlife I saw on that trip, I countered that if they did not believe me they should go and see it for themselves.

The third-rate hotel room I stayed in at that time was also infested with gigantic spiders. There were so many crowded over the light fixture I assumed it was part of a fancy design at first. You could not walk to the door without stepping on a spider.

In my opinion, however, the enormous ones were nothing compared to the sacs of spider eggs I saw hanging from branches of trees. They looked like pieces of fruit, or beehives. When one of them was knocked to the ground, thousands, perhaps millions of tiny red spiders would go crawling over everything in the vicinity like an ocean wave crashing onto a beach. And if you were to ever fall into that massive colony of blood-red creatures....

Let's just say that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull's killer ants won't seem that far-fetched anymore.

[Barringtonia]

Anything that moves far faster than its size indicates freaks me out, including spiders, cockroaches, mice and midget clowns.

[Solestum]

I acknowledge their place and their, admittedly, important job of killing more things that I hate, but spiders that are capable of eating birds or killing me in a single bite are crossing the line.

Also, Daddy Long Legs are scary as all hell.

[Wazkyraque]

I love Them

...I hate when they are in the house, not eating the mosquitos.

[Nature-Spirits]

I have a massive phobia of bugs...

You do realise that the term 'bug' actually means beetles with beak-like mouths, right?
Anyway, spiders are fascinating and beautiful. The way they can weave such beautiful webs without a second thought...

[The Warrior Hearted]

i think everyone who is afraid of spiders should get a defanged tarantula for a pet.

itll show you how harmless they are

[Olthar]

NO! They terrify me!

Aw, come on. They're really cute.

[Northwest Slobovia]

I usually like them. I don't like ones that leap (wolf spiders and the like), but otherwise I ignore them or encourage them. In fact, there are usually a few pretty orb weavers in my gardens. Not only do they look good, but they eat bugs I like less.

[Olthar]

i think everyone who is afraid of spiders should get a defanged tarantula for a pet.

itll show you how harmless they are

I really want to get one at some point.

[Xiscapia]

Seriously though, fuck spiders. When I still lived at home I had some living in my room. Never saw them, but I knew they were there because every morning I'd wake up with at least one new spider bite...

*shudders*

[Avenio]

Wasps dont tend to sting you if you dont freak out or harm them. Try and calm down next time you see a few of them buzzing by

It's not really the ones that fly around that freak me out, it's the sand wasps. They make their burrows underground, oftentimes hidden by bushes or dry grass. They're also highly territorial, and do not like it one bit if you step near their nest. So you may be walking along and all of a sudden come across several angry wasps not just buzzing around, but actively dive-bombing you almost out of nowhere.

[The Warrior Hearted]

Wasps dont tend to sting you if you dont freak out or harm them. Try and calm down next time you see a few of them buzzing by

It's not really the ones that fly around that freak me out, it's the sand wasps. They make their burrows underground, oftentimes hidden by bushes or dry grass. They're also highly territorial, and do not like it one bit if you step near their nest. So you may be walking along and all of a sudden come across several angry wasps not just buzzing around, but actively dive-bombing you almost out of nowhere.

never had to deal with those so i cant really say i know what its like