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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
Image Oh. No, thank you.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
We have a similar bug here called a cave cricket! They look similar but cave crickets are harmless lol
Scubus@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
They look like a pale version of our Weta.
But our bugs are chill. Little jumpy and spiky though.
NielsBohron@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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.