What are you afraid of (just curious)

I've a few things that creep me out, but the one true phobia I have is spiders. Thankfully Alberta doesn't really have much in the way of horrid looking ones and I can cope with most of them, but back in England they where the stuff of (my) nightmares. The 'local' monsters were called Hampshire Spiders, and for the months of April and September you would daily see these freak shows either trying to find somewhere warm for the winter or waking up afterwards. So large that you'd have trouble getting a jug over one to get it outside, not that I ever got THAT close!! So FAST and boy could those bad boys jump.

They were the first reason that I bought a Dyson - suck them up followed by a handful of rice to finish them off (think mini torpedos).

(managed to delete my own post on my iPad, grrr) 

I am not afraid of spiders, but my husband is. People tease him about it -- but they are mostly asshats.  They act like since he was born a male that he should be on spider patrol.  

Anyhow, we live with 600 acres of sugar maples in our backyard  --- and every fall we get wolf spiders.  They are huge and extremely aggressive... the ones here are the size of my palms.  They have no fear of humans and when they get in the house, the will back up, lift up their front legs to show their fangs and hiss at you.  HISS at you!!  and they don't back down -- they are hunting spiders, not web builders.  If they bite you, they aren't venomous per se -- but the bit feels like you've been hit with a hammer.  

I like your rice and Dyson idea.  I usually take all spider outside and release them -- but those asshats deserve the Dyson.  Ask me how I know how their bite feels... that's how one rewarded my kindness!

Ditto to taking the Dyson out on their spidery asses. Yikes hissing spiders, now I'm thinking of that arachnophobia movie with the comedy guy from Roseanne, damn I'm so bad at names, anyway he was the exterminator in that movie. It was funny as hell.

One of the best scaaaaaaaary movies!

I never thought to vacuum up spiders or bugs. Love this! i wonder if it would be feasible on the occasional wasp that comes in.

I can report that vac******* up wasps has the desired effect! Moths too.

My ex skieved spiders and their webs so bad that when we were doing plumbing repairs together my job was not to hand him parts and torches but  to keep dusting him off including his hair constantly! 

I,m afraid of rats squirrels and even mice. Finding a baby mouse even dead means I start dialing every male i know in the area for help lol. And of course they always cruelly chase me around the house with it ! 

I also skieve birds that come down the fireplaces. Every summer I find grown birds knocking in kitchen the wood stove having fallen down a three story chimney. I also often find dead or starving baby birds in the living room fireplace because the nest fell down into the flue . Last year there were three naked crying baby falcons - my ex tried to keep them alive with hand feeding and warmth but they were too young to save . I skieved them so bad he had to take them out of my house they just disgusted me ... not in theory but physically .. the smell ! 

Oh geez, my husband does believe because he is male he is on spider patrol. And puke patrol. And dog crap patrol. And mouse patrol. With mice, I scream like a little girl. Just. Can't. Help. It. Nobody tell my husband that because he is male does not mean he is not on patrol!!

Thanks a lot.  I've never heard of this spider and am probably going to dream about them tonight!

Hissing spiders are real??? OMG, I will be having ******g nightmares all night now.