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MsMercury:
I share your phobia of palmetto bugs and i've lived in northwest Florida most of my life. I cannot sleep if I know there is one lurking around. I must kill it because I have a phobia of having one crawl in my ear. :o
We do have lovebugs here though. They are seasonal.
optom3:
--- Quote from: susiebk on March 22, 2008, 11:45:31 am ---There was an ER episode about the bug in the ear. I worry about that too. I am too afraid to kill them though. Someone else has to be my savior.
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OMG I hated them before now I am really creeped out.There was one in the lanai just the other day and I freaked.It was dead and I still could not go near it.Oldest son to the rescue.
However,back in Engalnd our very old Farmhouse was riddled with huge spiders which dont do a lot for me either.So I can't win.Also I could not go out at night,as I am terrified of bats,and we had a lot of them as well.We also had flying ants yuk and these things called may bugs whch swarmed once a year,They are a bit like palmetto bugs and they just bombard you and your house,grosss.
The more I write I just sound like a wimp!!!
Basically if it is not fluffy with 4 legs I am not very keen.!!! I have to try and not pass this on to the kids which is not easy.Funnily enough my daughter is not too bad.It is my middle son who freaks,like me.Oldest is not bothered by anything.Since Father Xmas wrote to him age 8 and told him he would no longer be afraid!!!!!
The power of suggestion and pschology.He no longer believes it was Father Xmas who wrote!!! but his phobias have long since gone.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: susiebk on March 22, 2008, 11:45:31 am ---There was an ER episode about the bug in the ear. I worry about that too. I am too afraid to kill them though. Someone else has to be my savior.
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They squish too much for me to kill them. Then not only do I have to get rid of the carcass, I have to clean up their guts as well. ICK :P
My entomology prof said that was because big water bugs like that had a lot of insect fat in them, which is why they squished so much.
Now, like MsMercury, I cannot sleep if one is on the loose in the house. My brave bug-eating cats ;D usually take care of anything that moves in the house, but if the bug outsmarts them, I take a broom, beat the thing senseless, then toss it outside away from my apartment.
CellarDweller:
When I first came out, my brother asked if this meant i was going to marry a man. I said yes. He asked if that meant one of us would wear a wedding gown.
::)
I told him 'no', but that if I asked him to be in the party, he'd have to wear pink taffeta. He said 'whut?' he had no idea what that was.
wasted a great joke on him. :D
LauraGigs:
--- Quote from: SunShadow ---I am a native Floridian and can't stand palm trees. They are not native to Florida, attract palmetto bugs (of which I am phobic) and are all trunk and little foliage.
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Funny — that reminds me of the insult: "all hat and no cattle". As in, "he's all trunk and no foliage."
Hmm... Then again maybe that would be a compliment? Hee. :P ;)
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