I'm actually pretty terrified of most spiders. Little ones don't bother me so much, but we have these HUGE, nasty looking guys that build webs all over my apartment building. I now have like 3 of them living in my mailbox, so my roommate has to get the mail. It's weird, cause I know they're harmless and actually beneficial in some ways (I mean, they help keep all manner of other bugs from getting into my building) but I'm just scared to death of them.
I think I can trace my fear of spiders back to a time in my childhood. I picked up this toy truck off of the floor of my room and nearly hit the fucking ceiling when hundreds of baby spiders came spilling out the bottom. I remember dropping the truck and screaming. When it hit the ground, they started scattering all over the floor in my room. Man... that sucked.
They're the only pests that bother me really. Other bugs, snakes, mice, etc, don't scare me at all, but spiders... ugh...
I mean, seriously... look at this fucking thing!!!
