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zanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:21 PM
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What bug grosses you out the most?(Mods--please move to Lounge)
Edited on Sat May-22-04 06:22 PM by zanana
When I started gardening, about ten years ago, I decided I'd better get used to bugs, so I immersed myself in the insect world. I read about them, I did research, I identified the ones in my yard, I even started letting them crawl on me. I was doing pretty well, when yesterday, I was sitting in my living room watching television, when I felt something on my face. It was a Silverfish! Ugh! Augh! I screamed and swept it off my face. I still won't go near that chair. (I guess I haven't accepted bugs, after all). Are there any bugs that give you that same revulsion?
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shraby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:23 PM
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1. Spiders
of all shapes and sizes. I think its in the way they move.
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drkedjr Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:29 PM
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2. Not sure where you're going with this but ...
like rain and ants at a picnic, they eventually go away. In NH, black flies, many many little spiders and
poisonous brown spiders really piss me off.
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:41 PM
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3. brood x cicadas
so loud right now you can hear them inside. Ugly buggers, as well.
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Sparkly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:44 PM
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4. Here, too
They're freaking me out.
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YellowDawgDemocrat Donating Member (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:58 PM
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7. Scorpions......hands down
I too am an avid gardener...organic at that. I'll never get used to scorpions or accept them anywhere within squashing range.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 07:44 PM
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13. brood x?
sorry if that's ignorant, but what does that refer to? i know what cicadas are, just not brood x cicadas.
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shadu Donating Member (889 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 10:05 PM
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21. I think that is one beautiful big boy
I hate giant centipedes, tarantulas and scorpions.
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Don_G Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:57 PM
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5. Roaches
There is absolutely no use or excuse for them.
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 07:45 PM
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15. roaches!
Edited on Sat May-22-04 07:45 PM by seekthetruth
the most vile insect on the planet!
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BlackVelvetElvis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:58 PM
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6. Camel crickets
Same with silverfish and roaches.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:58 PM
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8. roaches or jerusalem spiders
I'm not posting a photo of a jerusalem spider. I can't bear to look. But do a google imgage search on it. Prepare to shudder. :scared:
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 07:45 PM
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14. Do you mean Jerusalem crickets?
OK, I won't post the picture either, but this page has a great one!
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 08:49 PM
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16. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! yes! get it away!
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH :scared:

iwaswrongit'sjerusalemcricket
aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I almost stepped on one of those in bare feet. I've never been the same since. :scared:
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EstimatedProphet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:59 PM
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9. Garden spiders
The big black and yellow things. I never liked them. When I was a kid, one time I had to check the mail (the box was in a little pavilion-like thing) at night and I walked right into a big web at face level. They were on my face. I still get nearly sick when I see them.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 06:59 PM
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10. Roaches!!! Particularly the big flying ones we have here in the South!
Most disgusting dispicable insect on earth. Maybe the South American "hissing" roaches are worse, but thank God we don't have them here. They are still "roaches" and vile.
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prole_for_peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 07:13 PM
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11. spiders and roaches...
the big southern roaches that FLY!!!! aaaarrrggghhhhhhh!:scared:
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 07:38 PM
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12. Spiders and earwigs
are the worst, to me. Flies are actually the grossest, though, because they fly around looking for a chance to land on your food and take a dump and stuff.
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Servo300 Donating Member (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 08:59 PM
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17. slugs
Especially after you dump salt on them.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 09:02 PM
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18. Do Hornworms count?
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Syncronaut Seven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 09:45 PM
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20. Yes!
That was going to be my entry but you beat me to it. Also they stink when you squish them & their innards are bright green.

Few things gross me out worse.
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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 09:06 PM
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19. ticks are the worst IMO
Any bug that attaches itself to people and makes a meal of your blood gets my pick. And you cant just kill them. You can aqueeze them and they dont die. Theyre really hardbodied. I hate em.
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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 10:57 PM
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22. It's a toss-up!
Mosquitoes

Lice

Roaches

Flies

Silverfish

Bedbugs

Earwigs

but Fleas especially gross me out!
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HalfManHalfBiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 11:05 PM
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23. No question. The Potato Bug!
http://www.potatobugs.com/

These fuckers can be as big as mice. Total horror.
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mockmonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 11:17 PM
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24. Centipedes
Nasty looking and fast. My b/f has to save me from them. He doesn't like me killing any bugs so he removes the offending critter. It was icky killing them anyway, their little legs would continue to dance around after smacking them.
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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 11:23 PM
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25. Scorpions and centipeds, but spiders freak me out way more than bugs!
I have found two spiders in my house that were pretty big.... body about a half inch wide and an inch long, not including legs... big, meaty legs, not those spindly things! I SCREAMED as I squished them, and my cat just stared at me like I was nuts! She just wanted to play with them!
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U2Fanatic Donating Member (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-22-04 11:25 PM
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26. Not so much disgusted by them, but I'm deathly afraid of bees, waps, etc
Centipedes, millipedes, spiders, and pincher bugs are pretty gross.
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