I Hate Bugs.

[Neverthesame]

Ha ha, fat fingered the post button.

Thanks for the tip about the health service. I didn't know that.

Though I can't promise I won't go in looking like I saw an alien. Lol.

 

[Friday]

I The yellow liquid in the bag is not piss. LMAO!!! I didn't pee myself... Though honestly only because I went before I left work. It's the raid spray I killed the thing with.

LMFAO :roflmao:

 

[sedna]

I did a bit of looking. You're quite right. European Garden Spider. I managed to flip it over in t...

Thanks. I'm glad you didnt feel insulted by that. What I said about county obligations and not looking scared ( swaggering helps ) with a story when you have a concern is a simple but firm truth. If you find a ladybug with teeth like jaws...bag it up and deliver like Dirty Harry ;)

 

[Deleted member 12723]

The spiders have all left my home so mysteriously. This was great for my youngest granddaughter when she came to visit. She was so terrified of the spiders in my home it almost made her too afraid to come. I am happy to say that not one spider appeared so she asked to stay longer!

 

[Lotis]

Oh my!! I would have freaked out in the same way if I saw that in my bag! It looks GINORMOUS!!!! You did good!! So many eyes and legs and furry body gross gross gross!!! I would not have even noticed the yellow liquid LMAO if you didn't point it out. I was too busy staring at the spider!
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[Silver.]

@gizmo this house of ours, I don't know why, but we have daddy long legs everywhere. If there were bugs, then I would let them just do their spider thing, but there aren't bugs. I have never lived in a house where you could sweep out 10 or more a day.
You know what I saw last year? a spider vacuum lol
But we have brown recluses up here (my cousin that passed was bit twice in a month). So I will take the daddy long legs over the brown recluse any day!
There was a moth in here last night. The only creature that freaks me out! They have no set flight pattern and if they eat your clothes, then flying in your ear to eat your brains is not a problem for them! Thankfully s/o got rid of it so I could sleep.
*freaking moths*

 

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@Silver when I lived in the mountains we tons of daddy long legs so I understand how you feel. In August they were the worst ever. But they do not bite unlike the brown recluse which we also had them. I hate moths too.

 

[Lotis]

Moths freak me out too - I have to agree with you @Silver. they could very well fly in your ear and eat your brains! Umm...so maybe you want to get an exterminator for those daddy long legs? We also have brown recluse around here a neighbor was bitten by one and had to go to the ER because his thumb tripled in size.
*shivers*
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[Silver.]

My cousin had lost a good portion of his leg from the first bite of the brown recluse. Nasty, nasty creatures.
@Lotis I don't mind the daddy long legs too much, as giz said, they don't bite, and they are just doing their own chill thing. Should they ever decide to come off the walls and inspect me, they are getting evicted permanently lol

 

[Lotis]

I hear you @Silver. they are just so ugly - well I mean what "bug" is pretty... I also wondered why in the world are they called daddy long legs...so I googled it. The name daddy long legs was actually used in the 18th century to describe the crane fly (? never heard of it) Where the term "daddy" came in no one really knows why. Maybe the person who coined the phrase had a father with really long legs....LOL
Also, the term harvestmen came up when I searched for daddy long legs which I also never heard of.
A bit of bug history for you :)
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[Silver.]

Interesting, I like learning about the origin of things.
I've found that people here, often mistake crane flies for female mosquitos. Somehow they got it in their head the females are bigger than the males, which isn't the case. (not really sure how you would tell the difference anyways, unless you are bit, that's a female, as the males drink nectar and such)
I am highly allergic to mosquitos, have quite a few scars from their bites (which is crazy eh? never knew what the scars were til I was told by my dermatologist)
I am not a huge fan of winter, but I will be glad when it hits this year and all the creepy crawlies goes into hibernation lol

 

[Neverthesame]

But we have brown recluses up here

Nope. I freak out over the harmless ones. Spiders with hæmotoxic venom are so far out of my comfort zone, I'd honestly rather go walking through tiger country wearing a honey glaze.

the term harvestmen came up when I searched for daddy long legs

I haven't heard that term in years. Though I don't remember why it's associated with that particular spider.

I do however remember the biggest one I ever saw, was the size of the rubber plug for my wash basin. I know this because that's what I found it standing on.
I don't mind those too much, but don't want them in my house.

I am highly allergic to mosquitos, have quite a few scars from their bites (which is crazy eh? never knew what the scars were til I was told by my dermatologist)

You're going to hate me when you read this. ;)

I am one of the few people that aren't allergic to mosquitos, at all. They bite me, but I don't get a hive or itching.

See, told you. Rage inducing isn't it? Heehee

I used to get the itchy bumps, though after I left puberty it just stopped happening.
I did however develop an allergy to honey, which probably means bees as well. I don't know for sure, as I haven't been stung to confirm it. (Which I'm ok with.)