RangoAnimations
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If you can't tell already, I am ARACHNOPHOBIC. HATE THEM HATE THEM HATE THEM.
well except for maybe jumping spiders
well except for maybe jumping spiders
give me ONE good reason to like spiders.
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Spider-man, Spider-man, friendly neighborhood Spider-man!
Amepix
Some Furry Artist
You beat me to it! How dare you, you local cuddling shapeshifter!
sushy
Gundam Meister
I hate them too.
However, one time I was outside. There was a wasp approaching me. I am afraid of wasps, so I tried to stay calm. The wasp flew near a spider web and the spider actually attacked it (it was not in the web) and scared the wasp away. So the animal that I hate actually sort of helped me
However, one time I was outside. There was a wasp approaching me. I am afraid of wasps, so I tried to stay calm. The wasp flew near a spider web and the spider actually attacked it (it was not in the web) and scared the wasp away. So the animal that I hate actually sort of helped me
Vanessa Howl
Damsel Of Darkness
They eat mosquitos and other small insects that would otherwise overpopulate.
They can build beautifully intricate webs.
Baby spiders don't have to learn anything or be raised because they are naturally born knowing everything they will ever have to do in life with pure instinct.
Spiders can't see well so you can give a spider character glasses and it be adorable.
Some females spiders eat the males after mating so girl power.
Their webs are SO intricate that some of it is sticky while some of it isn't and the spider knows exactly what webs to step on and what not to step on even if it's prey doesn't.
They look great on goth chicks, vampires and witches.
Miss. Spider from James And The Giant Peach is a spider and she's a sexy French one at that.
Need I go on?
They can build beautifully intricate webs.
Baby spiders don't have to learn anything or be raised because they are naturally born knowing everything they will ever have to do in life with pure instinct.
Spiders can't see well so you can give a spider character glasses and it be adorable.
Some females spiders eat the males after mating so girl power.
Their webs are SO intricate that some of it is sticky while some of it isn't and the spider knows exactly what webs to step on and what not to step on even if it's prey doesn't.
They look great on goth chicks, vampires and witches.
Miss. Spider from James And The Giant Peach is a spider and she's a sexy French one at that.
Need I go on?
Mambi
Fun loving kitty cat
Just one reason? Ok, they eat other insects in the house, including houseflies. If you have a spider, you will have fewer other invasive pests to annoy you, and the spider will try and stay out of sight of you out of instinct so unless you stumble across them, you won't even know they're there.
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I love spiders. They're wonderful. Small eight-legged predators, look at the world with their beady eyes. They're so quiet, they don't make a sound, and they run away when you try to touch him.
Jumping spiders are barn owls from the spider world.
Jumping spiders are barn owls from the spider world.
Marius Merganser
The Duke of Birds
They're a source of food for songbirds.
Judge Spear
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AniwayasSong
Well-Known Member
Another easy one- They consume insects. W/O spiders, the world's agricultural system would collapse in a very short time (of course, other animals do their part: bats, snakes, other insects/arachnids (scorpions, praying mantises, etc.)
While I'm not particularly fond of spiders, I do find the small 'Wolf/Jumping' variety very intriguing and often amusing. For some reason, standard tarantulas don't really bother me, either. Provided of course I don't look or think about their VERY prominent fangs! lol
I'm absolutely terrified of Black Widows/Recluse (the most venomous/dangerous to people, in America, to my knowledge)! Just the FEEL of a Black Widow's web will send me through the nearest wall/window, exactly like the cartoon images! lol I'll never forget one Summer, I was in AZ (perhaps New Mexico, I'd have to dig up my Journal/Notes of that time), camping out at a ghost town/abandoned mining community. Nosing around the collapsed/degraded bldgs., in one, at the very back, was a door I thought merely led to a pantry. When I started to open it? omgs... I could FEEL the tension of the webbing, and hear strands snapping! I knew instantly what it was, and promptly vacated, repacked my gear and headed elsewhere! ;-)
RamblingRenegade
Just a Horse Trying to Avoid Life's Manure
All the reasons in the world to keep them alive and I will except if I see one in my bedroom.. then sorry game over
Judge Spear
Well-Known Member
Imagine being scared of a clump of tired dryer lint.
Average_Lurker
I have no idea what I'm doing
They're good pest control against flies and such.
They're also just trying to survive like everyone else.
They're also just trying to survive like everyone else.
AniwayasSong
Well-Known Member
OMG'S!!!
YOU, YOU,, MISCHIEF!!!
I literally just soaked my monitor/keyboard/desk with that mouthful of coffee I WAS enjoying!
(and I was still laughing/choking to death, as I was swearing like a sailor and my Doggo/Catto fled for their lives, thinking I was mad at THEM!)
I needed this!
Thank you!
RamblingRenegade
Just a Horse Trying to Avoid Life's Manure
They make a hekkin cronch when you eatz them
Attaman
"Welcome to FurAffinity Forums, gentlemen."
I think one of the biggest questions one must ask before trying to deal with arachnophobia is "approximately what geographic region do you live?"
I say this because how you calm somebody in, say, Europe, tends to be significantly different from how you calm somebody in North America different from South America different from Australia.
If you're in a region that has no native dangerous (to human) spiders? A good way to start is to point out exactly that, and try to find any sort of arthropods they do like because it gives you a point for trying to address the more conscious parts of the phobia. Addressing unconscious aspects of a phobia is something that often need be tackled at one's own pace regardless of where they live (be it trying to form a tolerance to the presence of as much, changes in one's mindset / philosophy, or so-on), but "The worst the can do you is give you an uncomfortable bite" + "They share this trait with arthropod you like" tend to be good starts for conscious phobia addressing.
Since you can't really do that in areas that do have particularly venomous spiders, you're better addressing the likelihood / identification of as much (ideally without images, since again you're dealing with a phobia) instead. One of the big things that helped me was learning that there's only three dangerous spider species where I live, one of which is only if you have an allergic reaction (one of the two native ones), one of which is extremely distinct and identifiable (as well as typically lives in places of low human activity + high amounts of undeveloped nature), and the third is almost exclusively encountered individually as an import accidentally transported via goods moving from further south. With that conscious level of "They can't hurt me in any way that matters" I was able to suppress some of the more unconscious aspects at my own pace.
Which itself obviously doesn't work in places with large numbers of dangerous species.
May seem a bit daft going on about this when talking about wanting reasons to like spiders, but believe me getting your fight-flight under control is probably the biggest first step when it comes to broadening your perception in general. More likely to consider any fun facts, watch them from the safety of the opposite side of a pane of glass, pay attention to differences in webs, and what-have-you when your body isn't screaming "Nope! Don't want no part of this!" the whole way.
I say this because how you calm somebody in, say, Europe, tends to be significantly different from how you calm somebody in North America different from South America different from Australia.
If you're in a region that has no native dangerous (to human) spiders? A good way to start is to point out exactly that, and try to find any sort of arthropods they do like because it gives you a point for trying to address the more conscious parts of the phobia. Addressing unconscious aspects of a phobia is something that often need be tackled at one's own pace regardless of where they live (be it trying to form a tolerance to the presence of as much, changes in one's mindset / philosophy, or so-on), but "The worst the can do you is give you an uncomfortable bite" + "They share this trait with arthropod you like" tend to be good starts for conscious phobia addressing.
Since you can't really do that in areas that do have particularly venomous spiders, you're better addressing the likelihood / identification of as much (ideally without images, since again you're dealing with a phobia) instead. One of the big things that helped me was learning that there's only three dangerous spider species where I live, one of which is only if you have an allergic reaction (one of the two native ones), one of which is extremely distinct and identifiable (as well as typically lives in places of low human activity + high amounts of undeveloped nature), and the third is almost exclusively encountered individually as an import accidentally transported via goods moving from further south. With that conscious level of "They can't hurt me in any way that matters" I was able to suppress some of the more unconscious aspects at my own pace.
Which itself obviously doesn't work in places with large numbers of dangerous species.
May seem a bit daft going on about this when talking about wanting reasons to like spiders, but believe me getting your fight-flight under control is probably the biggest first step when it comes to broadening your perception in general. More likely to consider any fun facts, watch them from the safety of the opposite side of a pane of glass, pay attention to differences in webs, and what-have-you when your body isn't screaming "Nope! Don't want no part of this!" the whole way.
a sleepy kitty
I'm eggscellent.
They eat stinging bees.
Sodasats20
“D a t t e b a y o”
Hey, bees will leave you alone if you leave them alone, except for Africanized honey bees.They eat stinging bees.
One time I was outside and noticed a spider on my hand, i kept it still, watching it, and it decided to make a web between my fingers, i thought that was really cool, felt like shino.
a sleepy kitty
I'm eggscellent.
You're not wrong, and tbh my fear of bees is from childhood trauma