Not really but I've had several surprise encounters with spiders of the last few days. Firstly, I stumbled across a web with at least 100 baby spiders on it and it was actually pretty cool. Yesterday, I entered my house and turned to see a big spider on the wall at face level to me. Finally, today I was coming out of the shower and opened the shower curtain and there was spider hanging from the ceiling again at face level to me. I think I surprised that last spider because it just fell down and died and I felt a bit guilty.
So yeah, I've had more spider encounters in the last two days than I have in the last few months.
I just two brown recluses by my sofa and I wanna call in an air strike on my apartment..
Don't think I'm going to be able to sleep tonight.
Apparently, most spiders aren't even harmful to humans, but I'm scared of all spiders because they're gross. >.<
..What about you giantbomb community member? What do you think about spiders?
Whoa. Brown recluses are super poisonous. Those and the Black Widows are the worst in the states I believe. I'm deathly, DEATHLY afraid of spiders. I get nauseous when I see them, seriously.
I wouldn't say afraid, but if I spot one, I'm cautiously aware of it's presence. To be fair, I would feel the same about anything that might just decide to bite me.
Not afraid of spiders, mostly afraid of things like wasps and hornets. Where I live, though, we have these big black beetles that hurt like fuck if they bite you, and apparently bite simply because they think you're a tree and want to lay eggs in you, which is the part that really freaks me out.
Fuck brown recluses' they fucking suck. I've never seen one but apparently they're common where I live and I'm waiting for the night that one comes and and takes one of my arms with it.
Other than that centipedes scare me more, mostly because I've had a couple in my room before and they look absolutely disgusting.
The whole 'average human eats x spiders a year/night' is absolute bollocks, it was started by some woman in the 90's who wrote a list of 'facts' just to see how many people would believe them.
Processed food has insect/spider parts in it, so you probably do eat lots of them, but not in your sleep.
Also, no I'm not afraid of spiders, they eat the shit-eating flies and other disgusting things. The fact people are still afraid of them confuses me, Mosquitoes are more dangerous, millipedes and centipedes have more legs, butterlies are hairier.. there really is no reason to be afraid.
I have an "awesome" spider story, and it is the cause of why I hate spiders so much. Especially little ones. I finished my graduation, and wanting to save my dress since my grandmother made it for me, we put it into a garbage bag and sealed it. Unbenownst to me a spider had made a nest (or two or three) in it or on it, I am not too sure. A little while later, not much, a few weeks, perhaps a month, I was invited to another grad, so I opened the bag, took the dress out and hanged it from the ceiling -- over my bed, and put the garbage bag on my bed.
I worked til late at night and came home and crashed. I woke up to many spiders crawling over me. I do not think I have screamed that loud or stayed in the shower that long ever in my life. Not a pleasant experience. Needless to say that grad dress, along with my bedding went into the garbage and my room got fumigated.
Last time I seen a spider in my house: I trapped it under a bin, put my old 360 power brick on top of it, locked it in the Batheroom, called my fiancee and asked when she was getting home from work so she could get rid of them for me...
And this was after I set the cats on the thing! Even the cats got scared and ran from it!!
I was teaching out in California in the sierra region and they have some big ass spiders. Usually, they are wolf spiders which are 2-3 inches or so. They are not really dangerous but they are fast and like to hide inside your houses and walk around hunting at night. I've had a few times where they crawled up my leg and even though I'm not afraid of spiders its scary when it happens.
There are also brown recluses in that area and those ones will mess you up hardcore. Fortunately, they tend to be mostly sedentary and stay away from people. Also, there are these things called velvet ants which just walk around in the forest. They are actually technically a type of wasp and I made the mistake of picking one up and it gave me a nasty sting. The sting was simply way more strong than a regular bee and it hurt like hell. Underneath the underbrush and rotting wood there were also a lot of red centipedes. Those guys are nasty because they can be agressive and will give you a brutal sting. Some types of centipedes can deliver incredibly painful venom.
I have also seen black widow spiders at my place in Vermont. Fortunately they make webs instead of hunt so they are pretty easy to spot and avoid. The females look awesome but they are deadly critters.
I have an "awesome" spider story, and it is the cause of why I hate spiders so much. Especially little ones. I finished my graduation, and wanting to save my dress since my grandmother made it for me, we put it into a garbage bag and sealed it. Unbenownst to me a spider had made a nest (or two or three) in it or on it, I am not too sure. A little while later, not much, a few weeks, perhaps a month, I was invited to another grad, so I opened the bag, took the dress out and hanged it from the ceiling -- over my bed, and put the garbage bag on my bed.
I worked til late at night and came home and crashed. I woke up to many spiders crawling over me. I do not think I have screamed that loud or stayed in the shower that long ever in my life. Not a pleasant experience. Needless to say that grad dress, along with my bedding went into the garbage and my room got fumigated.
They are evil.
Oh my god.
I think I would set myself on fire in that situation.
I'd probably be if I lived in Washington or Oregon. But I do seem to be seeing a lot more up in Petaluma then I did when I lived in Novato. The only time I'm afraid of them is when they surprise me at like 3 in the morning crawling on my monitor or desk or if I see they have an egg-sac. I tend to get rid of those.
I used to see brown recluses around the house all the time. Seems to have subdued in the past couple years though. I'm a hermit living with a hoarder, so bug bombing the house isn't much of an option. So I'm pretty much counting my days.
I don't understand this. Why is everyone on the internet afraid of spiders? Am i the only one capable of handling a spider? What I am really afraid of are worms. They are so gross and squiggly.
I'm also afraid of giant centipedes because when I was in puerto rico building houses in the mountains I got cornered by one when washing dished and it stung me. I wasn't afraid of them before that but they have HUGE FANGS or whatever they are. It was very painful but we were too far away from any proper roads and they said I wouldn't die so I just had to live with it. :(
TL:DR Penis insect attacked me and now I am a feminist.
I'm not afraid of them and as long as they stay outside they're fine. I used to be okay with them inside the house, I'd put them in a jar or something and bring them outside, but now I'm just sick and tired of the little bastards and if I see one inside it dies.
not really. i don't mind if they are a small spiders. i just recently had a dream within a dream that a spider was on me. i was sleeping and then woke up because a big black and white spider was on me, then actually woke up wiping my arm. i actually thought there was a spider on me.
I love spiders. I will pick up and play with them if I'm fairly certain they won't kill me. Otherwise I am content to watch them do their thing. If someone else is freaking out and wants one removed, I will go out of my way to ensure it's safety.
Used to be absolutely terrified of them. Froze up when I got within ten feet of one. Nowadays, I get a little nervous, then promptly crush them with the nearest object that isn't my hands or feet.
I'm not scared of spiders, they just make me feel uneasy. When there's one in the room I can't help but focus on it and find it hard to properly pay attention to other things.
Spiders and heights are my 2 weaknesses.. I cant stand them.. I will be standing 10feet up and feel nervous if im near a edge even with a railing.. And spiders.. They all can just go and die. I hate small ones, big ones, poisonous ones and ones that crawl into your mouth while you sleep and then get swalloed so when you wake up you have a horrible taste in your mouth.. Snakes on the other hand i like.. Also I hate open water.. I hate being in open water due to not knowing what is around me and what monstrous thing might jump out and attack.
One time I had 1 spider jumping towards me. It scared me abit of how fast it was able to move. It got too close then I crushed it with my shoe. When I kill spiders or insects I usually kill it with a shoe or hands. If it was a fly and I couldn't reach it with my shoe. I would get a spray bottle and spray the fly where it couldn't fly. Then keep spraying it until there's water above its mouth. Then watch it drown and slowly die.
But then logic kicks in, I remember I am 1000s of times bigger then it is, then I squish it quick because I KNOW if it escapes from me I won't be able to stop thinking about it all day and night.
So a common spider run in with me sounds like "Wa-huh ? AAAHHHH. I'm gonna get you, you S-O-B!" :P
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