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Insects and Bugs, Cute or Creepy? (yiffit.net)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Spiders are awesome because they eat the annoying bugs, and its really fun to watch them build a web. Its funny you say too many legs because I love it when I'm out hiking and find a millipede. Basement centipedes are fine as they are another annoying bug eater, I don't really come across any large centipedes, but I'd probably steer clear of those.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

See, I'm cool with millipedes - mainly because they fall in the camp of "not venomous". And if they actually are venomous, I don't want that information haha.

The basement centipedes creep me out but I'm not necessarily afraid of them.

Giant centipedes actually present a roughly equivalent danger as a venomous snake. It can be treated with antivenom (I think anyway), but left untreated can actually be fatal.

Spiders fall in a camp of genuine phobia for me. It's a pure lizard-brain fear reaction when it comes to them and it's really hard to overcome.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I sure hope millipedes are non venomous, I like playing with them. I would have to look up to verify, but I think some species excrete something when injured that monkeys use.

Sorry about the spiders for you, I'm cautious around hunting spiders, but no phobia.