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I was just stung by a bee,and remembered how deeply I disliked them. So, what insects really annoy you?

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Flies bother me. Filthy little bastards. Also raisins bother me. They look like wingless flies. It's like eating oatmeal fly cookies. Mosquitos are also a problem. Hang outside on a summer night and itch for the next two or three days. Also they and gnats hover in clouds just waiting to be inhaled like little suicide hijackers flying into your lungs.

Psh, boy scout daycamp was like bee stings on speed. Their were "sweat" bees everywhere and they would just land on random shit and never fly off and make no bones about stinging anything near them. They would land on watercups then stay there until you try to drink out of them and sting you on the lip. Or would land on your arm and crawl inside your shirt than sting you. That's how bad ass they were. Don't talk to me about bee stings.

Mosquitos... I'm highly allergic to them - well, that is to say I get good huge welts from every bite I get. And they LOVE me.

Spiders... Just plain phobic - no rationale, I just am terrified of them.

And right now ants annoy me becuase they've invaded my family room, but that's just an annoyance

Spiders are cool, so are ants, they're fascinating. Mosquitos just suck... :rolleyes:

What happened to that poll you promised? *taps foot*

Spiders. No contest. I guess I qualify as arachnophobic.

Can you imagine what that new XBOX360 banner ad has been doing to me all day?


ETA: Ah, poll is up. I cast the first vote for the Evil Eightlegged Fiends.

I may have arachnophobia, though I have no way of being sure, so I'd vote for them, but they're not insects.

I may have arachnophobia, though I have no way of being sure, so I'd vote for them, but they're not insects.
Heh, I totally wanted to post "even though somebody will come up and point out that they're not insects", but I figured by the time I hit "reply", somebody would have done so already. :p

They don't really bother me. I leave them alone, they leave me alone. It's a happy relationship.

By the way, worms, spiders and centipedes aren't insects. They are annelids, arachnids and arthropods respectively.

Wasps bother me - flies and 'skitos are only annoyinghttp://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/fliege2.gif. Everything else is cool with me as long as they come in a standard size.

http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/fliege.gif (<- see?)

Wasps. Intense fear of wasps (and bees). Which is why you will never see me willingly garden, water flowers gardens, ect.

Insects? Spiders? Those mere mortals are no match for my foot!

Bettles creep me out. They're almost impossible to kill in my experience.

Wasps. Intense fear of wasps (and bees). Which is why you will never see me willingly garden, water flowers gardens, ect.
I'm fine with bees and bumble bees - even hornets. But that wasp buzz has something to it that makes the hair in my neck stand up. Bah!

I have an irrational fear of cockroaches and large beetles.

Bettles creep me out. They're almost impossible to kill in my experience.
So just leave them alone. It's not as if they're trying to kill you.

Heh, I totally wanted to post "even though somebody will come up and point out that they're not insects", but I figured by the time I hit "reply", somebody would have done so already. :p

true, but I still find them annoying, not as much as mosquitoes, which is known by true Minnesotans as the state pest

Since you clearly consider all small, terrestrial invertebrates to be insects, I say ticks. I pulled three ticks of of myself last night. Those things are tough!

Bugs don't bug me. They're all equally tasty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket

(Despite not being insects, some spiders are fascinating. Tarantulas, for instance. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula) I actually can't stand the small spiders that one normally finds running around the house. Tarantulas, on the other hand, are OK. I guess I'm not arachnophobic so much as I am "things with more legs than me that are hard to see"-phobic. :eek: I currently live with 10 rats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy_rat), so I suppose a tarantula is just a rat with twice as many legs. :D edit: I'll make one exception in regard to my phobia described above: Orb-weaving spiders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaving_spider). Every summer, armies of them seem to come out of nowhere building all kinds of huge webs everywhere. Especially right in front of doors and in the middle of walkways. Fascinating to watch.)

So just leave them alone. It's not as if they're trying to kill you.

Ah, don't listen to him. Crush the little fiends, make them crunch. Use a shovel if you want to get multiple beetles! Why stop at beetles? Why not mice or babies?!?!

So just leave them alone. It's not as if they're trying to kill you.
I don't mind them. Other people freak out and order me to kill them. And I'm usually obliged.

So just leave them alone. It's not as if they're trying to kill you.
Ever since I saw The Mummy I've lived in mortal terror, fearing that they might be.

Yes, some of the insects that post on this forum bother me. That's why I use industrial strength Off!

Now with 100% DEAT!

Ever since I saw The Mummy I've lived in mortal terror, fearing that they might be.
That one scene scarred me, being the child that I was.

I have an irrational fear of cockroaches and large beetles.
What about large cockroaches?

What about large cockroaches?
They're already large; esp. the McD's ones. :p

Yeah, insects bother me. When they bug me. I can ignore them as long as they don't invade my personal or living space.

Now, worms. Worms REALLY bug me. Especially tapeworms, flukeworms and other intestinal parasites. My worst fear is taking a dump and discovering that I have a living mass of worms hanging out my pooper. Oh. My. God.

What about large cockroaches?
No ... please don't ...

Yeah, insects bother me. When they bug me. I can ignore them as long as they don't invade my personal or living space.

Now, worms. Worms REALLY bug me. Especially tapeworms, flukeworms and other intestinal parasites. My worst fear is taking a dump and discovering that I have a living mass of worms hanging out my pooper. Oh. My. God.
How many puns are in this post? It probably wasn't intentional, but...

Hate cockroaches, but that's becuase when i was little we lived in a house for a few weeks (it was temporary) that had a lot of them because it had been used for storage before. Apart from that, i find wasps annoying... FOr most other insects I have a cat... she eats 'em but at the moment her speciality would have to be catching flies....
I do think I should hold a world record for the most amount of mosquito bites though, last summer i had 100 (yes, I counted and I have several people as witnesses) on just one leg..yes, just one leg (couldn't be bothered to count the rest, there were too many)...my advice, don't be out at the beach late at night/early morning:p

Yeah, insects bother me. When they bug me. I can ignore them as long as they don't invade my personal or living space.

Now, worms. Worms REALLY bug me. Especially tapeworms, flukeworms and other intestinal parasites. My worst fear is taking a dump and discovering that I have a living mass of worms hanging out my pooper. Oh. My. God.
Oh God. Did you really need to share that?!?!

Since you clearly consider all small, terrestrial invertebrates to be insects, I say ticks. I pulled three ticks of of myself last night. Those things are tough!
Is that how the next zombie epidemic is to come about? Mmh. Better chop those limbs off, huh? :p

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket


So, why is it called a Jeruselum cricket if it lives in the US? :confused:

So, why is it called a Jeruselum cricket if it lives in the US? :confused:
Because the Jews felt like it.

Oh God. Did you really need to share that?!?!

Yes. It never hurts to be prepared. You know, millions of people in the world actually do have to cope with intestinal parasitism. What if it happened to you?

Me, I'm just that much less afraid because I've thought about it beforehand, and already have a contingency plan. I'd leap up, screaming my head off, and never stop. Ever.

So, why is it called a Jeruselum cricket if it lives in the US? :confused:
Same reason the German cockroach is called just that in the US?

Oh, BTW:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/cockroachresize.jpg
:fluffle:?

Yes. It never hurts to be prepared. You know, millions of people in the world actually do have to cope with intestinal parasitism. What if it happened to you?

Me, I'm just that much less afraid because I've thought about it beforehand, and already have a contingency plan. I'd leap up, screaming my head off, and never stop. Ever.
That's your plan?!? I bet you wouldn't get rid of'em that way...

Oh, BTW:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/cockroachresize.jpg
:fluffle:?

Okay, that makes a roach look cute. How messed up is that?

That's your plan?!? I bet you wouldn't get rid of'em that way...

Getting rid of them wouldn't matter, because at that point I would have lost both my sanity and my will to live.

Others, and by Others I mean all of them! I hate bugs...almost as much as I hate sunshine, kittens, flowers, babies and the good old US of A.

If ever an American Solar Baby Kitten comes near me with Flowers....I think I would die of terror.

Getting rid of them wouldn't matter, because at that point I would have lost both my sanity and my will to live.
You'd die like Elvis...

I don't mind them. Other people freak out and order me to kill them. And I'm usually obliged.
Pick them up and chuck them out the door. Or, as I do if someone asks me to kill an insect/other small animal, trap it in a glass then watch it in fascination for a few minutes...then chuck them out the door.

Same reason the German cockroach is called just that in the US?

Oh, BTW:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/cockroachresize.jpg
:fluffle:?

They were native to Germany, but they migrated to the US, and now there are more there than there are in Germany.

And their all over my house.

Pick them up and chuck them out the door. Or, as I do if someone asks me to kill an insect/other small animal, trap it in a glass then watch it in fascination for a few minutes...then chuck them out the door.
I take the bug, chase my brother around with it, let it go, and continue to chase my brother who has no idea that the bug is in fact gone.

I take the bug, chase my brother around with it, let it go, and continue to chase my brother who has no idea that the bug is in fact gone.
Genius! :D

ummm. humans are the most annoying insects. and dogs too. but no other being really annoys me. except for very rarely.

Genius! :D
My IQ's off the chart :p
I don't like anything with an exoskeleton.

Okay, that makes a roach look cute. How messed up is that?
None at all if you follow this next advice - which I usually do!!!
Pick them up and chuck them out the door. Or, as I do if someone asks me to kill an insect/other small animal, trap it in a glass then watch it in fascination for a few minutes...then chuck them out the door.

They were native to Germany, but they migrated to the US, and now there are more there than there are in Germany.

Sorta like nazism!

Sorta like nazism!
Only in far greater numbers!!!

You realize that most of the animals on that list are not insects, right? :p

You realize that most of the animals on that list are not insects, right? :p
Already been said.

Already been said.

Ah, my bad, I didn't read the whole thing. Just struck me as funny.

Bugs don't bug me. They're all equally tasty.

:p

So, why is it called a Jeruselum cricket if it lives in the US? :confused:

All I can come up with is a similar environment found in the Southwestern United States and Israel. Also, there's the association of "Jerusalem" with "Armegeddon" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armegeddon) perhaps used as a synonym for "big and scary" (I seem to also recall a class/type of nuclear weapon called "Jerusalem"), this association being encouraged by the American Judeo-Christian tradition (note that the area to which the cricket is native used to be inhabited by lots of Spanish Christians (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_missions)). That's my guess, anyway.

Only in far greater numbers!!!
Did you say nazi-cockroaches?!? :eek:

I am kinda meh, about the whole thing.....spiders don't bother me, I just kill them, bee's I stay away, other creepy crawlies? smash

mosquito's annoy me a little

but I HATE CRICKETS!!!!! there is one in the vent system of my house and at night his little cricket song echos throughout the house, I am considering moving.........

I have an irrational fear of cockroachesSame here, except I'd probably class it as dread-terror. I don't understand it at all. I'm not afraid of any other critters, and I didn't grow up anywhere near cockroaches, so my reaction confuses the hell out of me.

It's the strangest thing. My first real exposire to them was when I was 20 or 21. Right up to that point, I would've never guessed I could possibly be scared of a few innocent-looking little beetles, but I guess that just shows how wrong one can be. I ran into a bunch in a cheap hotel room, and after a few minutes spend battling my utter terror, I ended up legging it. I've never run from anything in my life, and those little things are completely harmless..

All the same, I ended up spending a ton of money on an expensive hotel room just to get away from the damn things.

Did you say nazi-cockroaches?!? :eek:
Yes they're killing all the Jewish ones...the mutilation, the guts!!! *crunch* the flavor!!!

My most hated insect is the Highland Midge. They don't actually bite me that much, and I don't get itchy from bites I do get, it's just the millions of them flying around my face pisses me off no end.

My most hated insect is the Highland Midge. They don't actually bite me that much, and I don't get itchy from bites I do get, it's just the millions of them flying around my face pisses me off no end.

where are Highland midges exactly, sorry but I've never heard of them?:confused:

where are Highland midges exactly, sorry but I've never heard of them?:confused:
I believe they are midges in the Highlands of Scotland. And yes, they are bloody annoying.

Wasps here. With most other insects or invertebrates, I can appreciate them for what they do. The common Wasp, on the other hand, seem like a pure nuisance. Nothing seems to eat it, it doesn't eat anything that isn't eaten en-masse by other animals and bees produce honey far more effectively than it. In all, it appears to me to be nothing more than a really large virus.

Insects don't bother me. But worms do. I've had a phobia of them since I was seven. I was out in the garden, and I saw one about one or two metres long. It scarred me.

Insects don't bother me. But worms do. I've had a phobia of them since I was seven. I was out in the garden, and I saw one about one or two metres long. It scarred me. :eek: Mutant killer worms!

Since you clearly consider all small, terrestrial invertebrates to be insects, I say ticks. I pulled three ticks of of myself last night. Those things are tough!

Seconded. Of the actual insects, I vote for mosquitos, but if we're talking about any arthropod smaller than a lobster, ticks win. I went blackberry picking in the woods near my parents' house just a few days ago, and came back with a total of 43 ticks on me. (Or, at least, I found 43 ticks on me. For all I know, there are still one or two hiding in my orifices or something. *shudder*)

Bees, because I'm allergic to them. Spiders I'm fine with. I don't much like crawling type bugs like cetipedes & cockroaches though.

Oh, now you made me think of a movie where a little child is killed because he's allergic to bees and gets stung by them. What movie is that?

I think it was "My Girl."

That was Macaulay Culkin as the kid. I was glad he died.

Oh, now you made me think of a movie where a little child is killed because he's allergic to bees and gets stung by them. What movie is that?

I seem vaguely to recall that being part of the plot of "My Girl."

I never said it was in "My Girl"

I love insects, they are cute. They crawl around and wiggle and fly.

Meh ... it's a world full of bugs and stingy things. I grew up in farm country, so I'm kinda used to them all. I don't even flinch at wasps.

Thoose evil looking daddy long legs spiders
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_long-legs_spider

I was just stung by a bee,and remembered how deeply I disliked them. So, what insects really annoy you?

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The only insects that I can't handle having in my home are those millipede guys. Too many legs...way, way, way too many legs.

Pretty much any other insect is fine by me, provided (of course) that it's not some lethal bug that's gonna kill me in my sleep.

I was the victim of a drive-by wasping when I was a kid, so I guess I'm most bothered by wasps. A vast majority of insects bother me though.

The incessant buzzing of flies as they zip right past your ear. The seemingly purposeful intent of moths as they dive-bomb you. Little beetles that just crawl onto you and kick it until you feel them and send them flying across the room. Red ants that fall into your bra while you're on the back of a motorcycle and just bite at you until you manage to maneuver around into your shirt to pull it out...

I like spiders. I caught two once and kept them in a jar. I named one Tiny and the other I named Bob. Tiny killed Bob. Spiders are cool.

I only have problems with centipedes. I'm not afraid of them per se, I just kill them on site. Others I usually shoo out the window.

mosquitos and fleas

oddly, I only really have trouble with spiders. I don't love centipedes, but they're not as bad. I don't usually kill spiders on the spot, but I don't like it when there around. I really dont mind bees or wasps, and mosquitos are okay, as long as you've got bugspray, but I dont like spiders. phobias are wierd arn't they?

Ants. Obnoxious little Argentine ants. California is a huge anthill where these things reside. They're small, black, biting little pests that march through my home going from nowhere to nowhere with no purpose except to annoy me.

None.

I work landscaping, so I deal with ALL OF THEM. I took out 3 hornets nests lat thursday with a trimmer and a knife. After dealing with the swarmers via the high speed rotating trimmer line of death, I dispatched the young ones with my double gloved hand and bayonet.

:p

One of my favorite moments dealing with hornets was after a LARGE nest swarmed out and came after me. I had a blower in my hands and I pw3ned them....100 MPH blower vs. 50 tiny insects, no match :D

None.

I work landscaping, so I deal with ALL OF THEM. I took out 3 hornets nests lat thursday with a trimmer and a knife. After dealing with the swarmers via the high speed rotating trimmer line of death, I dispatched the young ones with my double gloved hand and bayonet.

:p

One of my favorite moments dealing with hornets was after a LARGE nest swarmed out and came after me. I had a blower in my hands and I pw3ned them....100 MPH blower vs. 50 tiny insects, no match :D

Nice, I took out a nest by throwing at rock at it. I know, it sounds stupid compared to your story.

milipedes. Up to 100 legs ok, above that, just NO.

I love spiders. I definitely jump if I suddenly see one on my arm, but really they're quite amazing creatures. Anyone who's ever seen how they weave their webs can attest to what I'm saying. They can't see where they're putting their spinneret, but they can still get it to exactly the right place.

Worms, ants, and beetles are cool. Bees are annoying, but still admirable for their honey and for their excellent organization. But I said wasps were the worst. Their stings hurt quite a bit, and they're bigger and faster than bees. Also, I once had a nest of them under the eaves outside my window. That was no good.

oddly, I only really have trouble with spiders. I don't love centipedes, but they're not as bad. I don't usually kill spiders on the spot, but I don't like it when there around. I really dont mind bees or wasps, and mosquitos are okay, as long as you've got bugspray, but I dont like spiders. phobias are wierd arn't they?
Meh, I guess they are. But in the case of spiders, they're also eminently reasonable. *nods*

But yeah, It's pretty stupid. If I see some dark blob on the ceiling I have to go and investigate, and anything with less than 8 legs can stay, for all I care.

I hate flies bringers of vileness.
Wasps are annoying because they are more aggressive than Bees and Hornets are just bitches kinda got too close to a nest up in Auckland in 2002 Bastards!:sniper:
Mosquitos are annoying shits because they are so big unlike the sandfly whom i smote.

:eek: Mutant killer worms!
Tremors?

And the sequel.