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What type bug freaks you out? Most painful?
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Aris Dragonborn
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Spiders. Any type. Any size. Any shape. If it has eight legs, it dies.
Reason? I'm allergic to spider bites. I was bitten on the ear when I was six, and it swelled up to a size a little bigger than a golf ball. I had to get it lanced/drained by the doctor (and boy did I holler).
When I was about 25, I was bitten on the knee while sleeping, resulting in a baseball-sized knot right on my kneecap. I could barely walk, missed two days of work, and it was almost a week before I could fully bend my knee, sans pain.
And these were bites given to me by garden spiders. Those little dark brown and orange buggers that you usually see in the trees or your mom's rose bush.
Fortunately, living in the Pacific Northwest means that poisonous spiders are rare. Mostly Hobo and Hermit spiders (both relatives of the aforementioned Brown Recluse - such lovely little things), but on rare occasions, you can find Black Widows.
Plus, working in a grocery store, you get all sorts of fun things coming in on the produce shipment. Like the molted skin off of a Banana Spider (the really aggressive ones that can kill you in about five minutes) and a Tarantula that decided the banana box was the perfect place to take a nap.
Reason? I'm allergic to spider bites. I was bitten on the ear when I was six, and it swelled up to a size a little bigger than a golf ball. I had to get it lanced/drained by the doctor (and boy did I holler).
When I was about 25, I was bitten on the knee while sleeping, resulting in a baseball-sized knot right on my kneecap. I could barely walk, missed two days of work, and it was almost a week before I could fully bend my knee, sans pain.
And these were bites given to me by garden spiders. Those little dark brown and orange buggers that you usually see in the trees or your mom's rose bush.
Fortunately, living in the Pacific Northwest means that poisonous spiders are rare. Mostly Hobo and Hermit spiders (both relatives of the aforementioned Brown Recluse - such lovely little things), but on rare occasions, you can find Black Widows.
Plus, working in a grocery store, you get all sorts of fun things coming in on the produce shipment. Like the molted skin off of a Banana Spider (the really aggressive ones that can kill you in about five minutes) and a Tarantula that decided the banana box was the perfect place to take a nap.
JIMBOTHEBLACK
First Post
Carnys,smell like cabbage,small hands.
GentleGiant
Explorer
Being from Denmark we don't really have any huge, poisonous insects up here (mostly just annoying mosquitos)... but last year I was in West Virginia and was introduced to one that has already been mentioned:
The Cave Cricket
Never have I seen a more skittish and annoying bug. Hiding in closets or under covers and jumping straight at you when you open the door or pull the sheets away... *shudder*
And they sort of make a popping sound when you kill them *double shudder*
The house I was staying in had a mild "infestation" (we eventually called an exterminator) and 2-3 were killed every single day.
After a while you start to get paranoid and think you see something moving everywhere... blasted bugs!
The Cave Cricket
Never have I seen a more skittish and annoying bug. Hiding in closets or under covers and jumping straight at you when you open the door or pull the sheets away... *shudder*
And they sort of make a popping sound when you kill them *double shudder*
The house I was staying in had a mild "infestation" (we eventually called an exterminator) and 2-3 were killed every single day.
After a while you start to get paranoid and think you see something moving everywhere... blasted bugs!
Desdichado
Hero
No kidding. I remember well those big red wasps referred to in the OP. I still remember vividly getting stung by one on the battleship Texas in San Jacinto as a kid. And the cockroaches; they're unreal. Luckily, they're actually "tree" roaches who only come inside when the weather's bad, or something like that, but still -- who wants to find a two or three inch cockroach, either outside or in?Mark said:Any bug...from Texas!
I won't even try to top that, bug-wise, and can only say that we've got rats in the City of Chicago.
I visited a buddy of mine down in Lubbock when he was in school down there and there is simply no comparison in size between waht passes for an insect up here and what passes for a Buu-uu-uuugggg down there...unless I can include compact cars.
My greatest insectoid hatred is reserved, however, for the fire ant. Individually they're not that scary, but they've invaded Texas (and most of the south, and probably soon most of the Midwest) with a ferocity that defies belief.
Now this creeps me out!
Leech worms way into hiker’s nose
‘Slimy and mobile’ creature difficult to remove
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7426103/
Leech worms way into hiker’s nose
‘Slimy and mobile’ creature difficult to remove
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7426103/
