Re: Greatest fears.
Wow Heka, Snap!! That's the only animal I really don't like (although I draw the line at killing them). I'm not keen on earwigs either, but I know they're harmless, so can tolerate them. Even wasps, while I'll avoid upsetting them, don't bother me*, but centipedes. Millipedes.. not a problem, but ever since I lived in an area populated with giant centipedes with enough venom to actually do some harm (fatal to some people, but then you can say that of bees I guess), I've developed an aversion to them. I used to love gardening but I'm scared to dig in the soil now.
*With the exception of the giant hornet. There was once one trying to get through the screen door at my apartment in Ikuta. When I moved, it moved, and it was at head height, so it was deliberately following my face. I was really scared it could chew through the mesh, but the glass doors slid behind the fly screen, so there was nothing I could do without opening the screen. I hid in my bedroom and text my roommates to let them know I was being held hostage by a monstrous beast, some kind of mechanoid no doubt. They thought it was funny, considering I was always the one to remove cockroaches and even gejigeji (actually a type of centipede, but looks enough like a spider for me to just about tolerate).
A few months after returning home, I saw 'the worlds deadliest bugs' and not only was the giant hornet featured, they were filmed in bloomin' Ikuta Park of all places, which was within walking distance from where I lived!
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I just thought.. considering we have Australians and Americans on here, the wines of a sheltered Brit are probably laughable. I forget how lucky we are to live in a climate that doesn't really suit large insects. Then again, I have a love-hate relationship with insects (I love large, bulky beetles like dynastids, shield bugs and stag beetles especially), so I guess I also miss out on this island.
Wow Heka, Snap!! That's the only animal I really don't like (although I draw the line at killing them). I'm not keen on earwigs either, but I know they're harmless, so can tolerate them. Even wasps, while I'll avoid upsetting them, don't bother me*, but centipedes. Millipedes.. not a problem, but ever since I lived in an area populated with giant centipedes with enough venom to actually do some harm (fatal to some people, but then you can say that of bees I guess), I've developed an aversion to them. I used to love gardening but I'm scared to dig in the soil now.
*With the exception of the giant hornet. There was once one trying to get through the screen door at my apartment in Ikuta. When I moved, it moved, and it was at head height, so it was deliberately following my face. I was really scared it could chew through the mesh, but the glass doors slid behind the fly screen, so there was nothing I could do without opening the screen. I hid in my bedroom and text my roommates to let them know I was being held hostage by a monstrous beast, some kind of mechanoid no doubt. They thought it was funny, considering I was always the one to remove cockroaches and even gejigeji (actually a type of centipede, but looks enough like a spider for me to just about tolerate).
A few months after returning home, I saw 'the worlds deadliest bugs' and not only was the giant hornet featured, they were filmed in bloomin' Ikuta Park of all places, which was within walking distance from where I lived!
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I just thought.. considering we have Australians and Americans on here, the wines of a sheltered Brit are probably laughable. I forget how lucky we are to live in a climate that doesn't really suit large insects. Then again, I have a love-hate relationship with insects (I love large, bulky beetles like dynastids, shield bugs and stag beetles especially), so I guess I also miss out on this island.
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