Which bugs really get on your nerves?

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I just got to make this thread, cos I have had it up to here with......moths :odd:

I hate the buggers. They make it there point to fly at your ears, they leave their marks all over the place, and they look malicious (ok, they cant be cos they are essentially brainless, but you get my point).

I dont really mind spiders, as long as I can squash them before they run and hide under the sofa.
 
All bugs. I would happily farm an acre of wheat to do my bit to support the bird population, if it meant we didn't need bugs in the ecosystem.
 
Pretty much any bug as long as it's in my house. But ouside I have seen some really beautiful bugs with luminescent colors, or the kind that look just like a leaf.

I have an irrational fear of large insects, and spiders. Here in AZ there are what's called sewer roaches. They come into your house through drains, are especially prevalent in older neighborhoods, are about 2-3 inches long, and they can fly (I get chills just thinking about one). I used to live in one of these older neighborhoods and we'd get one every couple months. Being "the man" it was my job to get rid of it. The fact that I was ten times more terrorized by it than my wife made no difference. She'd laugh her ass of while I threw shoes at it from accros the room and I'd get mad, which just made her laugh harder. Then I'd get half a roll of paper towels to pick it up and put it in a plastic shopping bag which I tied very tightly before taking outside to throw away. A couple times the cats found it first. But would they just eat the thing? No. They'd play with it and even run away with it so I couldn't take it away.
 
all bugs, especially roaches, I hate those stinckin cockaroaches..when they find themselves in my house, when im outside, the only one that really bugs me is the love bug. man theres a time of year where it gets horrible. lovebugs everywherer and they look freaky, something about two heads to me doesnt look right.
 
The little yellow jacket bees things. This year there was an explosion in there population and no matter where i whent outside i'd find there nests. been stung enough times this year and hornet spray only pissed them off and it doesn't kill them. pain in the ass when i got to mow the lawn in fear of getting stung multiple times. bastereds hurt like hell then they itch like hell.
 
I got stung by a wasp a few weeks ago. All summer long we could barely use our pool because there were always wasps hovering around. Then I was trimming the bushes and found out where they were coming from the hard way. I hadn't run that fast in a long time. I doused that bush with poison and the problem is solved. Before that I don't think I'd been stung by anything since grade school.
 
My grandpa has a huge be hive full of white-faced hornets. ahh the worst of the worst. those things will chase you all the way home. im not touching the thing either. those stings will knock you to the ground like a little ***** and make you moan like one.
 
Spiders. Any size shape of form. Absolutely hate them. Never really understood why they exist.

As it turns out one of my new co-workers tells me he has had a pink toed tarantula for a pet for nearly 18 years. I told him if he values his life, do not bring it to work.

As my old Vet once said. The only way to cure a sick spider is use "Raid" and lots of it.

AO
 
Hmm...Intresting subject.


I would have to say Carpenter ants.


Because when I was 14 or 15, we had a HUGE problem with them. only becuase our kitchen was a mess. theyd be everywhere. plus, they would bite too and in my sleep.:irked:
 
Originally posted by milefile
Here in AZ there are what's called sewer roaches. They come into your house through drains, are especially prevalent in older neighborhoods, are about 2-3 inches long, and they can fly (I get chills just thinking about one).
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:yuck:

And I have to agree - Any insects INSIDE the house MUST be killed by the cats and taken outside. NOT the other way aound.. Luckily we don't carry very large insects up here in the north :irked:
 
Not afraid of most bugs. I can't stand big spiders (small spiders don't scare me at all though - In fact, I'll usually let jumping spiders crawl on me if they want, since they're pretty neat), centipedes (ugh!), and scorpions. Otherwise, there really isn't anything else that scares me... in fact, I had quite an avid interest in entomology for some time. :) (That withered off after some time, but like I said, I'm still not afraid of most "crawly things").

Oh and Duke, don't tell me you're afraid of butterflies? ;)
 
Wasps, mainly because recently we got rid of the second wasps nest that has been in our house. Don't mind most spiders as they usually keep other insects at bay.
 
Originally posted by Der Alta
Spiders. Any size shape of form. Absolutely hate them. Never really understood why they exist.

As it turns out one of my new co-workers tells me he has had a pink toed tarantula for a pet for nearly 18 years. I told him if he values his life, do not bring it to work.

As my old Vet once said. The only way to cure a sick spider is use "Raid" and lots of it.

AO
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I feel the exact same way. Infact, tonight my dad asked me to take the recycling bin out front and I wouldn't do it because there were two little spiders on the bin. :yuck:
 
Originally posted by Der Alta
Spiders. Any size shape of form. Absolutely hate them. Never really understood why they exist.

As it turns out one of my new co-workers tells me he has had a pink toed tarantula for a pet for nearly 18 years. I told him if he values his life, do not bring it to work.

As my old Vet once said. The only way to cure a sick spider is use "Raid" and lots of it.

AO
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agreed! hate those 8 legged things.
 
I hate big furry spiders or small, wet looking ones. i dont mind the rest. They are good though, they eat other pests. I also hate nats, especially when there are alot of them. Spinkler usually does the trick (but then I get all wet since we have a big lawn). I also hate maggots. Just try to eat warm, fluffy rice when someone just comes out and says, "you know, rice reminds me of Maggots"...
 
Pretty much any bug that invades my space, damages my car paint, and eats my food.

Which is pretty much everything but dragonfiles.
 
[spiders]
i only hate them when they're like near me, or on me. if they're like in a box or whatever, that's fine. I just hate that feeling they give you, it's so freaking disgusting.!
 
ugh bugs, i hate bugs:yuck: :scared: actually whats fun is to make them not able to move, then put em outside and burn them with a light until they shrivel into a little black ball
 
Im not sure if any of you get mosquitos a lot, but they must be amongst the most pointless and irritating flying insects around. Usually the drill follows the following lines:

You're in a wonderful dreamy sleep, lost in a word were Ashley Judd worships you and you just won Ferrari the world championship when.........BZZzzzzzz.......Zzzzzzz....a lousy 🤬 mosquito comes and flies around. No it cant let you sleep and just bite you on your legs (which would be - to an extent - excusable behaviour), no, it has to fly around your 🤬 ear.

The standard response is to swat the blasted thing on its next ear fly-by; with the result you clout yorself in the ear and wake up 100%.
 
Mosquitoes could be eradicated from the earth and it would be a better place, unlike many other bugs, which actually serve a purpose aside from annoying and infecting other animals.
 
Originally posted by Mike Rotch
You're in a wonderful dreamy sleep, lost in a word were Ashley Judd worships you and you just won Ferrari the world championship when.........BZZzzzzzz.......Zzzzzzz....a lousy 🤬 mosquito comes and flies around. No it cant let you sleep and just bite you on your legs (which would be - to an extent - excusable behaviour), no, it has to fly around your 🤬 ear.

The standard response is to swat the blasted thing on its next ear fly-by; with the result you clout yorself in the ear and wake up 100%.
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I've suffered that on more than one occasion. But I've found turning on the light and lying very still will show the mosquito is much further away than you thought. It also gives you a better way to target the annoyance and destory it.

AO
 

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