Yeah, I have a deep-seated irrational fear of bugs large enough to “pop” when you step on them, and I think it stems from growing up around these monstrosities. They’re not as bad as bugs in a lot of places, but goddamn does it hurt to get bit by them, especially as a child.
NielsBohron@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In Nor Cal where I grew up, potato bugs are a totally different bug that looks like a cockroach fucked a grasshopper.
Crewman@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Image Oh. No, thank you.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 10 months ago
We have a similar bug here called a cave cricket! They look similar but cave crickets are harmless lol
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Not venomous or anything, but if it’s the same cave cricket or “spider cricket” we have here then they will also bite the shit out of you.
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They look like a pale version of our Weta.
But our bugs are chill. Little jumpy and spiky though.
NielsBohron@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah, I have a deep-seated irrational fear of bugs large enough to “pop” when you step on them, and I think it stems from growing up around these monstrosities. They’re not as bad as bugs in a lot of places, but goddamn does it hurt to get bit by them, especially as a child.