True spiders creep anyone else out?

[TheJuicyFruit]

I'm totally fine with tarantulas. No issue at all. But any other type of spider is just nightmarish to me. Especially wolf spiders. I think it's the eyes. I shudder just thinking about them now. Anyone else fine with tarantulas but have problems with other spiders?

 

[Tongue Flicker]

I find it quite interesting that a lot of people who loves or keeps Ts are actually freaked out by small true spiders lol

 

[Enn49]

I started keeping Ts to try to get over my fear of spiders, now I love my Ts but I still hate true spiders.

 

[Fuzzball79]

I think it's because you have more of an emotional (if only one sided) connection with Tarantulas. You feed them, house them, watch them grow and get upset when they die.
I wonder if someone with a fear of true spiders actually kept one, their feelings for them would change, too?

P.S: What about Jumping Spiders? Are they not far too cute to be afraid of them?

 

[Enn49]

I think it's because you have more of an emotional (if only one sided) connection with Tarantulas. You feed them, house them, watch them grow and get upset when they die.
I wonder if someone with a fear of true spiders actually kept one, their feelings for them would change, too?

P.S: What about Jumping Spiders? Are they not far too cute to be afraid of them?

I really can't imagine keeping a true spider. When I watch videos of the jumping spiders I can say ''aww, how cute'' but I don't think I could feel the same about them as I do about my Ts.

 

[DVirginiana]

I have a pet wolf spider that I saved from being exterminated as well as six of her babies that I raised up. They're about the same to me as my tarantulas. Probably not quite as attached to them since I know they won't live very long, but still interesting little pets.

 

[Chubbs]

Jumping spiders are really cool, and I wouldn't mind keeping some. However I am not the biggest fan of true spiders. I am mainly interested in Mygalomorphs.

 

[terror_corpz]

I have a docking spider and a colombian crab spider that one freaks me out because it's very fast and aggressive I opened the lid to feed it once and the cricket jumped out only for the crab spider to come jumping out with it my heart was pounding as there's not much known on the venom I grabbed a A4 piece of paper and just touch it and it went flying back in

 

[corij]

years ago i had a dream that a spider was in my mouth, i woke up in a panic , guess what , a spider was in my mouth!
i later read that they drink water from sleeping peoples mouths

 

[Entity]

Ive read in your lifetime an average person will have 10 spiders crawl in their mouths while they sleep....lol nighty night.

 

[Matts]

Yep, in fact yesterday I almost had a heart attack after my curly hair sling molted. I put the molt aside to show my girlfriend later, and when I opened the closet to get it at first I thought there was a wolf spider there, and scared me half to death. I like Ts but other spiders freak me out.

 

[Fuzzball79]

 

[Kris]

I'm not scared of other spiders. But when I see one in my house I kill it and than I'll look at my tarantulas and be like it's not what you think lol

 

[Chubbs]

I don't kill spiders, I release them outside.

 

[Matts]

I don't like true spiders either, and I'll probably die of a heart attack from one someday, but I try to let them live as well.

 

[dashkessler]

I like most spiders but I get some large black funnel web spiders in my basement that I don't like. They are really fast and ugly.

 

[spidey noob]

i like true spiders bar one the hobo spider these creep me wright out

 

[Entity]

yeah brown reluse is on my list of hates....but im more afraid of ticks than spiders. spider run from u. ticks come at u!

 

[Fuzzball79]

Ticks and mosquitoes statistically do you more harm than true spiders. We are starting to see more and more of them up in Scotland .

 

[Entity]

Yeah it sucks. I already got lyme from a tick so now they freak me out even more.