We are at a Marriott Hotel in NC and my kids and hubby said there was a weird looking spider inside the pool room and also another as we were headed out for bk this morning. I didn't see either one. I asked if any of them told someone at the front desk and they said no then my husband tells me I'm one of the few people in the worldthat are afraid if spiders. I am very bothered that he would say that and I believe there's probaly many people that fear them. He also said they are very beneficial to us to keep other pests away which I believe but still terrified of them. Anyone else?
I livein Mn but we are on vacation right now touring the Southern States. While I don't like any type of spiders I would think there would be poisonous ones down here. Black Widow and Brown Recluse would be two that come to mind.
Im not afraid of spiders cept for widows and the brown recluse, which I've never seen before. Spiders are pretty cool. Roaches? I hate those! They move too fast and crunch and make a mess if you squish em.
Spiders catch flies and other bothersome insects.
Try to breathe and embrace the arachnids :)
BUT, you are totally not alone... so dont feel bad. My brother who is 26 has arachnophobia too. It's pretty common.
No.
It's good to be afraid or leary of the posinous ones, but like MechanicMama said - they're probably aren't any in your area.
Why are you afraid of them? I mean, I wouldn't want them in my bed or anything, but what is it that you think they are going to do? Why are you more afraid of them then a fly? They way they look?
I am only asking these questions to make you think about it. LOTS of people are afraid of spiders (including most of my friends) but NOT my 6yr old daughter!
I am terrified of spiders.
As my mom used to say- They are more afraid of you than you are of them. :)
Im an nc native so I can tell you with certainty that there are only 2 poisonous species here. The black widow and brown recluse. The brown recluse is tiny and brown. The widow is small and black with a bulbous body and a red hourglass on its tummy. We have some freaky looking spiders here which sucks because I'm afraid of them but they aren't dangerous. The really big ones are wolf spiders and they jump ewwww. You are probably alright though since there are only 2 that are dangerous.
Not afraid of spiders, but I know which ones NOT to mess with. In MN, there aren't too many severely poisonous spiders that would make it through the harsh winters. In MI, we don't quite have the winters you do in MN... We only have one to really worry about and that is the Brown Recluse. But with quick reactions (getting to the Dr's), a special antibiotic works just fine and no loss of flesh.
That's why I'm not too horribly worried about spiders here in the north too much. I know a TON of people afraid of spiders though. I'm not sure where your hubs got that there aren't too many people with arachniphobia (sp?).
I leave the spiders alone around my house... They do keep the other icky bugs at bay.
I'm not afraid of them.
My husband is lol
I'm the official spider disposer.
Most people who know me are confused by the fact that I'm not afraid of them.
When I was little my brother used to tease me with them and put them in my hair. Instead of being crazy scared it kinda made me used to them lol
Also when I was 19 or so I was bit on my side near my hip by a brown recluse. I rolled over it in my sleep and found it dead on my bed next to me. I Freaked when I saw it there. Thankfully I knew what it was and kept it for evidence. Holy hell does that HURT. The stupid hospitals didn't believe me that it was a recluse bite and wouldn't see me. I had to go back and forth to different hospitals to find one that would listen. So there was necrosis...YAY and LOTS of burning & Crying.
I will not go into the gory details, but surgery had to happen and scars are there. Took me about 3-4weeks to fully heal from it.
If there are spiders around my house I have to get rid of them. Sometimes when I see one creeping near my husband I quietly grab it with my hand so he doesn't freak out lol
LOL... Spiders and Snakes are one of the 2 most COMMON things people area afraid of. The fear has even been studied and determined to be an evolutionary adaptation (that people are prone, from infancy onward to show 'disgust' towards certain dangerous creatures, spiders and snakes being the 2 most common, but also any signs of rot on meat -maggots, certain colors which indicate rot, etc.)
When I was a child, I was even afraid of PICTURES of spiders and other bugs. I was just sure they were going to come to life and crawl off the page right onto me. I should have become a horror-movie scriptwriter.
I am still not fond of them, but once I grew up there was nobody else to get rid of the nasty things for me!
It's true that spiders can be very beneficial. That doesn't mean they have to have lunch with me at the dining room table, but if they want to hang out in the back yard I'll leave them to it.
*However,* I also did some research to find out which eight-legged intruders I should *really* worry about. And you might want to do that as well. Once you're home, you might google your county extension office and see what you can find out. Once you know the one or two spiders that are really unpleasant, you can learn to treat the others with polite indifference.
You could even google that information wherever you vacation. (I would have asked the desk clerk.) The more you know, the less fearful you are, and the less fear you will pass on to your children.
I don't like cleaning up insect, um, remains after they've been swatted or squashed, so I have a very elementary system of insect removal: a large plastic cup and a 4X6 (or 5X7) index card. Pop the cup on top of the offending arachnid (or other bug), slowly slide the card across the mouth of the cup to contain the perpetrator, hold on to both ends of the cup, take the perpetrator elsewhere, dump it out into the bushes, and tell it to go bother somebody else. I get laughed at, but it works.
Im terrified! I know they help keep he other bugs in check but I dont want them in my house or around my kids!
I am beyond terrified of spiders. I remember years ago there was like a pin head sized spider that somehow happened to get on my arm one day in our house. I noticed it about halfway up the stairs where my husband was and at first I totally freaked out and tried to get it off and then I thought I can do this I can be brave and go show my husband that I actually have a spider on me. Now remember this was the smallest spider I have even seen and I made it just about to the top of the stairs and lost it. Something clicked in my head saying your crazy get this thing off you now and I ended up spazing out and slamming my hand into the wall killing the spider. I have learned to just hate them and never try somethimg that stupid again
I actually am not generally afraid of spiders, but you are in poisonous-spider country. It's too cold for them up here ;-)
Do a little googling for brown widow pictures, show it to your kids and husband and see if that's what they saw. If not, no worries, plus you've educated them about what to look for (if you see this spider, don't touch it, and tell an adult.) I don't think you're crazy to be prudent about this.
