Foebane72
Prominent Member
Otherwise known as Harvestmen or Daddy Longlegs, these are the only arachnid-related species I am really nervous of, because of the proportions.
I mean, take a look at this horde of them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fileatas_20100626.jpg
Does that not fill you with dread and creepiness and fear? It does me!
Don't get me wrong, most spiders don't bother me, even large ones, as long as I can see their bodies and legs well, I'm fine, and Tarantulas I consider as cute as little animals! But these beasties, I don't like seeing one of them near me, and a mass like the above? AAGH!
It's the sheer long nearly-invisible legs and tiny bodies that does it for me, you see. But I've been told that they're nearly as effective as mainstream spiders in getting rid of nastier bugs, but I don't see how - they seem too frail to me.
In any case, I'm trying to overcome my dislike of these creatures, if they are good creatures ridding us of bad ones. The only one I remember throwing into the toilet recently was the one that was hanging literally above my pillow - as much as I may grow to tolerate these creatures, I'm not going to accept one that could easily fall onto my pillow and be eaten by me as I sleep.
Now... craneflies, that's another matter entirely, and I think they're much worse, but one step at a time...
I mean, take a look at this horde of them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fileatas_20100626.jpg
Does that not fill you with dread and creepiness and fear? It does me!
Don't get me wrong, most spiders don't bother me, even large ones, as long as I can see their bodies and legs well, I'm fine, and Tarantulas I consider as cute as little animals! But these beasties, I don't like seeing one of them near me, and a mass like the above? AAGH!
It's the sheer long nearly-invisible legs and tiny bodies that does it for me, you see. But I've been told that they're nearly as effective as mainstream spiders in getting rid of nastier bugs, but I don't see how - they seem too frail to me.
In any case, I'm trying to overcome my dislike of these creatures, if they are good creatures ridding us of bad ones. The only one I remember throwing into the toilet recently was the one that was hanging literally above my pillow - as much as I may grow to tolerate these creatures, I'm not going to accept one that could easily fall onto my pillow and be eaten by me as I sleep.
Now... craneflies, that's another matter entirely, and I think they're much worse, but one step at a time...