• Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    I think these bois, much like “spider crickets”, get a lot of flack because their legs are TOO DAMN LONG! They’re cool dudes, but something about those weirdly long legs…

    • Land_Strider@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      Hey, they are the fluffiest critters ever among those that ran over me. They don’t even tickle, just a smooth touch.

      Developes feelings for the house centipedes

  • Cris@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    4 months ago

    I doubt this will help my deep discomfort but it did make me happy :)

  • flicker@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    15
    ·
    4 months ago

    It’s their suddenness that freaks me out. I had been sitting on my couch for two hours the other night when one scuttled out from beneath my feet!

  • OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    4 months ago

    I’m not really scared of them, but I do have a visceral reaction to them. Something about them makes me want to vomit. Or, maybe it’s a level of fear I don’t recognize because I go from 0 to vomit and wanting to claw my eyes out real quick.

    • nepenthes@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 months ago

      I feel ya. When I find them in the garden, where one expects to find a multitude of bugs, it gives me the heebie jeebies soo bad. It’s def the zillions of legs going mach 9 for me.

  • Ioughttamow@kbin.run
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    4 months ago

    A few of these lithe fellows and Moria would still be the crowning jewel of the misty mountains