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I am a spider hater !! I HATE spiders !! Give me a rampaging horse any day !! lol Oh and who ever said that the biggest ones you get in the UK are on 2 cm are down right fibbers !!! The one in my living room tonight had a tracksuit on and trainers ! I am sure they get of a boat somewhere, and someone gives them my address ! Oh and why do they head straight for me when they see me with those 8 eyes of theirs..............why do they have 8 eyes, what did mother nature think she was doing giving them so many eyes, its bad enough they have so many legs !!! Oh they just scare me half to death. Oh I hope Frazer is an expert spider killer !! Teddy is no help at all he just lets them crawl over his legs !! EEEEWWWWWWEEEEEE ! So I have surrendered the remote for the telly to said spider and left the living room post haste !!!! lol

Anyone else scared of spiders ?

Chris, No not afraid of spiders, but I absolutely hate Centipedes! Yuck! They give me the heeby geebys!!! I like spiders cause they eat other bugs, I tell my daughter she can not kill them because if you do it rains! just saying...........but if I see a centipede I run screaming like a little girl ;) Ginger will eat ants, so yay go Ginger!

Attachment 6969OMG they are horrible and very fast!

Don't care for the spiders much, bugs in general I guess. I do recall the one that ran and hid under the toaster(double slice) and its legs stuck out on either side.

Don't have a photo of one but we get the big nasty centipedes here in Florida, semi-tropical doncha know. 6 or7 inches (150 - 180 mm) long, yellowish orange, with a blue vein that runs its entire length and a toxin that will make you powerful sick. I've only seen four in my entire life but I gave them and will continue to give then a wide berth. Kill on sight is justified with these

O, the cats kill and eat the spiders.

(They have eight eyes because they are the high predator in their realm. )

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Chris, No not afraid of spiders, but I absolutely hate Centipedes! Yuck! They give me the heeby geebys!!! I like spiders cause they eat other bugs, I tell my daughter she can not kill them because if you do it rains! just saying...........but if I see a centipede I run screaming like a little girl ;) Ginger will eat ants, so yay go Ginger!

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Donnad,

I thought you were a little girl ::

I don't like spiders on me - I can cope with them if they leave me alone and don't try to crawl on any part of me. I won't kill them but if I see them I'll nicely ask Husband to gently pick them up and release them outside...
The only thing I can bear to kill without my concience worrying me too much is mosquitoes - GOD I HATE THEM! I once woke up with my eye swollen to double the size coz one had decided my eyelid looked nice and tasty... they do love me though - you can say we have a love/hate relationship. If I suspect one might be hiding in the bedroom I won't go to sleep till I have explored every wall and every corner and I'm satisfied there is none there. I could never ever ever live in a tropical climate. Just thinking about them I'm itching all over now and Neevie is looking at me "what ya doin you crazy human?". When we go to Ukraine I spend my evenings slapping myself and shouting "die!" like I have tourette...

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Don't care for the spiders much, bugs in general I guess. I do recall the one that ran and hid under the toaster(double slice) and its legs stuck out on either side.

Don't have a photo of one but we get the big nasty centipedes here in Florida, semi-tropical doncha know. 6 or7 inches (150 - 180 mm) long, yellowish orange, with a blue vein that runs its entire length and a toxin that will make you powerful sick. I've only seen four in my entire life but I gave them and will continue to give then a wide berth. Kill on sight is justified with these

O, the cats kill and eat the spiders.

(They have eight eyes because they are the high predator in their realm. )

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Whemier, Yes, you are right! I am a little girl at heart. I love Daytona Beach, the Ex and I used to hit up Bike Week every spring, love riding in the sun after a long winter in MN. I have seen the biggest cockroaches ever in FL, I saw some big men get up and leave a restaurant when some ran off from under their plates hahaha. By the way you can keep them there with the killer centipedes, yikes!

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I don't like spiders on me - I can cope with them if they leave me alone and don't try to crawl on any part of me. I won't kill them but if I see them I'll nicely ask Husband to gently pick them up and release them outside...
The only thing I can bear to kill without my concience worrying me too much is mosquitoes - GOD I HATE THEM! I once woke up with my eye swollen to double the size coz one had decided my eyelid looked nice and tasty... they do love me though - you can say we have a love/hate relationship. If I suspect one might be hiding in the bedroom I won't go to sleep till I have explored every wall and every corner and I'm satisfied there is none there. I could never ever ever live in a tropical climate. Just thinking about them I'm itching all over now and Neevie is looking at me "what ya doin you crazy human?". When we go to Ukraine I spend my evenings slapping myself and shouting "die!" like I have tourette...

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My stepdaughter is the same way, so funny. You would hate Minnesota I think the mosquito is our state bird! We have many lakes and swamps here so we get a bumper crop of them every year! They spray the swamp by my house and it keeps them down somewhat but I have to keep the birdbaths clean and not let any water sit in pans etc. haha Neevie is a brave pirate! My Ginger loves to eat the sugar ants, but not a lot of other bugs that I see in the house.

Attachment 6970 hahaha I thought you might like this!

I am NOT a "bug" lover - but still have trouble killing them. Oscar (RIP) was my kindred sprit - in ten years I never saw him kill a bug! Happily, we don't have many in the Arizona desert but those we do have are rather strange... Scorpions, tarantulas (yikes) and the occasional fly. I do have to say what really makes me squeamish are RATTLE SNAKES or snakes of any kind. They are so creepy! Have had several close encounters and can live without any more experiences!

Oh, the creepiest thing of all to me ... SLUGS! Absolutely disgusting!!!

We are on the subject of insects! Who opened this thread? Chris??? OK, here is something I don't ever want to relive! I once lived in Rio de Janeiro (home of gigantic cockroaches). One day while shopping in Copacabana, I saw something dart out in my peripheral vision. The next thing I noticed there was something trapped between the arch of my foot and my sandal, about 5 to 6 inches long - antenna on one side of my foot and the anterior legs on the other. GROSS!!! I looked down and started madly kicking my foot. Eventually my sandal and the cockroach went flying but in the process, I had managed to gather a rather good sized crowd watching me hysterically trying to free my foot of the cockroach! (Embarrassing!). Once my sandal AND the cockroach were a half a block away, I calmly (and with as much dignity as possible) caught the closest taxi (with one shoe) and went home. I have never forgotten the feeling of that "shell" under my foot!!! I really hate those things! I have sooooo many other bug stories but think I will spare you.....

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We are on the subject of insects! Who opened this thread? Chris??? OK, here is something I don't ever want to relive! I once lived in Rio de Janeiro (home of gigantic cockroaches). One day while shopping in Copacabana, I saw something dart out in my peripheral vision. The next thing I noticed there was something trapped between the arch of my foot and my sandal, about 5 to 6 inches long - antenna on one side of my foot and the anterior legs on the other. GROSS!!! I looked down and started madly kicking my foot. Eventually my sandal and the cockroach went flying but in the process, I had managed to gather a rather good sized crowd watching me hysterically trying to free my foot of the cockroach! (Embarrassing!). Once my sandal AND the cockroach were a half a block away, I calmly (and with as much dignity as possible) caught the closest taxi (with one shoe) and went home. I have never forgotten the feeling of that "shell" under my foot!!! I really hate those things! I have sooooo many other bug stories but think I will spare you.....

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hahahaha ewwww! :-D cool image!
Something similar happened to me - at a party with people I barely knew and never saw again after that - Chris, close your eyes you're going to have nightmares - something crawls on my hand - I look down just as an ENORMOUS (well, for a country where we don't do tarentulas) spider crawls on my arm inside my jumper's sleeve. So, to the sweet sweet music of Metallica, I started this frantic shake hoping to dislodge the critter while people looked on wondering if I had finally gone completely bonkers - and then when that didn't work and I could feel the thing crawling higher... well let's just say thank God for inventing the bra, without which that evening could have been really embarassing. For good measure I also proceeded to stomp thoroughly on my jumper as it whas laying on the floor.
I think the spider escaped, though.

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Oh, the creepiest thing of all to me ... SLUGS! Absolutely disgusting!!!

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Kim, I followed at wet path up my driveway one morning and found a slug? as big as a cigar, it was huge I put it in my garden, duh my neighbor said they eat Hostas so I guess this one had a feast!

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ln...xsnko1_500.jpg
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That is one angry pider! hahaha When my daughter was a wee tot, she called them piders! ahhh our babies grow up way too fast!

KIM,
OMG that had to be horrible! yuck thanks I may start having cockroach night mares!

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Chris, No not afraid of spiders, but I absolutely hate Centipedes! Yuck! They give me the heeby geebys!!! I like spiders cause they eat other bugs, I tell my daughter she can not kill them because if you do it rains! just saying...........but if I see a centipede I run screaming like a little girl ;) Ginger will eat ants, so yay go Ginger!

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Donna I would run from that thing two, OMG it is just horrid ! Oh I dont care how much it rains, spiders are dead if they come in here !!! lmao

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Don't care for the spiders much, bugs in general I guess. I do recall the one that ran and hid under the toaster(double slice) and its legs stuck out on either side.

Don't have a photo of one but we get the big nasty centipedes here in Florida, semi-tropical doncha know. 6 or7 inches (150 - 180 mm) long, yellowish orange, with a blue vein that runs its entire length and a toxin that will make you powerful sick. I've only seen four in my entire life but I gave them and will continue to give then a wide berth. Kill on sight is justified with these

O, the cats kill and eat the spiders.

(They have eight eyes because they are the high predator in their realm. )

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I have a two slice toaster Whyemier and OMG again, no way I would have been out of that kitchen like a bat out of you know where !!! lol And a no to those centipedes to, I am glad I live in Scotland !!! lol Glad to hear that the cats eat the spiders, will be training Frazer up !!! lol

No No No not high predator in this house !!! lmao

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I don't like spiders on me - I can cope with them if they leave me alone and don't try to crawl on any part of me. I won't kill them but if I see them I'll nicely ask Husband to gently pick them up and release them outside...
The only thing I can bear to kill without my concience worrying me too much is mosquitoes - GOD I HATE THEM! I once woke up with my eye swollen to double the size coz one had decided my eyelid looked nice and tasty... they do love me though - you can say we have a love/hate relationship. If I suspect one might be hiding in the bedroom I won't go to sleep till I have explored every wall and every corner and I'm satisfied there is none there. I could never ever ever live in a tropical climate. Just thinking about them I'm itching all over now and Neevie is looking at me "what ya doin you crazy human?". When we go to Ukraine I spend my evenings slapping myself and shouting "die!" like I have tourette...

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You are just to nice a person Alekto !! lol but if you put them outside they just come back in again !!! lol

Mosquitoes dont like me !! lol dont know why but they never bother me ! lol

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My stepdaughter is the same way, so funny. You would hate Minnesota I think the mosquito is our state bird! We have many lakes and swamps here so we get a bumper crop of them every year! They spray the swamp by my house and it keeps them down somewhat but I have to keep the birdbaths clean and not let any water sit in pans etc. haha Neevie is a brave pirate! My Ginger loves to eat the sugar ants, but not a lot of other bugs that I see in the house.

Attachment 6970 hahaha I thought you might like this!

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Donna I didnt even enlarge that picture !!! pmsl

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I am NOT a "bug" lover - but still have trouble killing them. Oscar (RIP) was my kindred sprit - in ten years I never saw him kill a bug! Happily, we don't have many in the Arizona desert but those we do have are rather strange... Scorpions, tarantulas (yikes) and the occasional fly. I do have to say what really makes me squeamish are RATTLE SNAKES or snakes of any kind. They are so creepy! Have had several close encounters and can live without any more experiences!

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OMG KimAZ I would hate living in Arizona, snakes, scorpions and tarantulas ! I could never survive it, no way ! Aw Oscar was a true humanitarian good for him, ....................Frazer still being trained to kill creepy crawlies !!! lol

I agree about the slugs to by the way !

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We are on the subject of insects! Who opened this thread? Chris??? OK, here is something I don't ever want to relive! I once lived in Rio de Janeiro (home of gigantic cockroaches). One day while shopping in Copacabana, I saw something dart out in my peripheral vision. The next thing I noticed there was something trapped between the arch of my foot and my sandal, about 5 to 6 inches long - antenna on one side of my foot and the anterior legs on the other. GROSS!!! I looked down and started madly kicking my foot. Eventually my sandal and the cockroach went flying but in the process, I had managed to gather a rather good sized crowd watching me hysterically trying to free my foot of the cockroach! (Embarrassing!). Once my sandal AND the cockroach were a half a block away, I calmly (and with as much dignity as possible) caught the closest taxi (with one shoe) and went home. I have never forgotten the feeling of that "shell" under my foot!!! I really hate those things! I have sooooo many other bug stories but think I will spare you.....

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KimAZ I would have had a heart attack,.....seriously......just the thought of that made me squirm. My dignity would have gone out of the window to !!! lol

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hahahaha ewwww! :-D cool image!
Something similar happened to me - at a party with people I barely knew and never saw again after that - Chris, close your eyes you're going to have nightmares - something crawls on my hand - I look down just as an ENORMOUS (well, for a country where we don't do tarentulas) spider crawls on my arm inside my jumper's sleeve. So, to the sweet sweet music of Metallica, I started this frantic shake hoping to dislodge the critter while people looked on wondering if I had finally gone completely bonkers - and then when that didn't work and I could feel the thing crawling higher... well let's just say thank God for inventing the bra, without which that evening could have been really embarassing. For good measure I also proceeded to stomp thoroughly on my jumper as it whas laying on the floor.
I think the spider escaped, though.

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Alekto, i looked at my hand when I was reading that !! Oh no I dont think I would have survived, I would have been screaming the place down, they would have carted me of to the funny farm !!! lol Dashed it got away !!! lol

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What a blooming shame, oh you just had to do that Alekto didnt you !!! lol

Attachment 6975Chris, this one is for you!!!!

I can picture the party scene, Alekto! Love it. Hillarious!!! Once, I was riding in a car with the window half way down when "something" flew in and crawled down my blouse. I didn't give it a second thought before throwing off my blouse. Everyone around us at the stop light got quite a show as my striptease was accompanied by screaming and "the frantic shake". My husband didn't know what was going on but liked it! Men! Anyway, trapped under my bra we found ..... The dreaded housefly!

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What a blooming shame, oh you just had to do that Alekto didnt you !!! lol

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have I spoiled kitties for you forever? soooo sorry Chris.... :-D

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I can picture the party scene, Alekto! Love it. Hillarious!!! Once, I was riding in a car with the window half way down when "something" flew in and crawled down my blouse. I didn't give it a second thought before throwing off my blouse. Everyone around us at the stop light got quite a show as my striptease was accompanied by screaming and "the frantic shake". My husband didn't know what was going on but liked it! Men! Anyway, trapped under my bra we found ..... The dreaded housefly!

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hahaha it knew where to go! :-D Neevie says she likes houseflies - the fatter the better... nom-nom-nommm...

Spiders don't bother me but daddylonglegs' on the other hand are evil all those legs flying at you yuck!!

yeah they look like giant mosquitoes - they don't go "beeeeeeeeeee" in the same way, so it feaks me out less than a mosquito, but still don't like them much.... I usually can muster enough control to not squash them right away and just open the window for them to get out (as in OMG GET OUT! GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT! oh well I'll have warned you... *splat*)

I am terrified of grasshoppers. Something is wrong with them the way they jump into you instead away like normal pests. When I see one sitting in my path, I try to quietly sneak past but I am rarely successful. Eek - and when there is a cluster of them and they are jumping in all directions - EEK! Seriously, what is wrong with them??? Might have to Google that.

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I am terrified of grasshoppers. Something is wrong with them the way they jump into you instead away like normal pests. When I see one sitting in my path, I try to quietly sneak past but I am rarely successful. Eek - and when there is a cluster of them and they are jumping in all directions - EEK! Seriously, what is wrong with them??? Might have to Google that.

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of course, they think you're a flower! ;-)

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Oh Donna you have hit the nail on the head with that one, LMAO

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I can picture the party scene, Alekto! Love it. Hillarious!!! Once, I was riding in a car with the window half way down when "something" flew in and crawled down my blouse. I didn't give it a second thought before throwing off my blouse. Everyone around us at the stop light got quite a show as my striptease was accompanied by screaming and "the frantic shake". My husband didn't know what was going on but liked it! Men! Anyway, trapped under my bra we found ..... The dreaded housefly!

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LMAO I would have done exactly the same thing KimAZ, atleast you were at a stop sign and not driving 70 mph down the interstate, (is that right) !! lol

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Oh I will forgive you.............dont know when but I will forgive !!!! pmsl

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Spiders don't bother me but daddylonglegs' on the other hand are evil all those legs flying at you yuck!!

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OH OH OH yes I hate them little blighters to !!! How is it they know you hate them and they fly right towards you with those legs dangling in the wind !!!!!

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I am terrified of grasshoppers. Something is wrong with them the way they jump into you instead away like normal pests. When I see one sitting in my path, I try to quietly sneak past but I am rarely successful. Eek - and when there is a cluster of them and they are jumping in all directions - EEK! Seriously, what is wrong with them??? Might have to Google that.

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They are sent to make our lives hell KimAZ like most of the insect world, except bees, I like bees, and we cant live without them either ! I never kill a bee ! lol