• Gerudo@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I don’t have a phobia of bugs, but centipedes really do make my skin crawl.

      • nomy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        I have a strong dislike of centipedes as well. One time years ago I had a terrible dream that a large centipede (one of those big jungle ones) was crawling all over my body. As it raced down my arm I slapped at it, with a jolt of pain my arm went instantly numb as it bit me.

        I startled myself awake to realize I was laying on my arm and it had gone completely asleep and was numb. Still one of the scariest dreams I’ve ever had haha.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I used to live in an apartment they sometimes showed up in and if I went to take a shower and one of them was in the tub, I would leave. The bathroom was occupied.

    • tetris11@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      A locust flew into my bedroom one summer night. Large, brown, scuttling winged thing with the mass of a tennis ball (exaggeration).

      I quietly exited the room and slept in the bathtub. I carefully went one-by-one through my things during the day but I could never locate it, only hear it buzzing somewhere.

      I slept in the bathtub for three nights before I my roommate came and flushed it out. By then I was ready to move out.

  • ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    I said this the last time this was posted and I’m saying it again

    “THEN MAYBE DON’T MOVE SO FUCKING FAST IT ACTIVATES MY FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE!!!”

  • FreakinSteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    In a related story: I met with my new housecleaning service a few days ago and told them I had one very special request: DO NOT DISTURB THE SPIDERS IN OUR BEDROOM!! They are my mosquito-munching pets; just mop the floor under them.

  • Limitless_screaming@kbin.earth
    1·
    3 months ago

    I honestly wouldn’t care if it stayed at one or two of them, but I know if I leave these things and treat them as pets I will get an infestation in no time.

    And with each new one the chances of me feeling one of them walk on my arm increases, and I am not letting that happen.

    • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      They are also territorial and won’t actually eliminate a roach infestation because they will kill each other long before they reach sufficient density to make a difference.

      • Limitless_screaming@kbin.earth
        1·
        3 months ago

        Meh, don’t need them to end an infestation. Just killing the few roaches that might exist somewhere around is enough to pay their rent.

        If I find one close to my face on the other hand, the place it considered territory would be wiped off the map. It would become an endangered species.

  • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    They are fascinating little creatures. They have a bunch of stripes on them, even across their legs. They eat dangerous house pests. They are venomous, but their “bites” are less irritating than a mosquito bite. They also don’t technically bite, they envenomate using two modified legs.