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Fledchen · 04-20-2009, 05:55 PM

I don't mind the spiders too much, except when they descend suddenly on a line of silk DIRECTLY INTO MY FACE. This results in a lot of undignified squealing and flailing on my part. Every once in a while I think that I might want a pet spider (rose-knee tarantula or similar) but I chicken out because I'm afraid of it escaping and freaking out the neighbors.
The arthropods that really give me the willies are the scutigera. I know that they are beneficial and essentially harmless, but I would prefer that they do their work out of my sight!

04-20-2009, 05:55 PM	#122
Fledchen Guru Posts: 663 Karma: 84658 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Minnesota, USA Device: PB360+, Sony950, VR Stream, iPod Touch, iPad	I don't mind the spiders too much, except when they descend suddenly on a line of silk DIRECTLY INTO MY FACE. This results in a lot of undignified squealing and flailing on my part. Every once in a while I think that I might want a pet spider (rose-knee tarantula or similar) but I chicken out because I'm afraid of it escaping and freaking out the neighbors. The arthropods that really give me the willies are the scutigera. I know that they are beneficial and essentially harmless, but I would prefer that they do their work out of my sight!