Eeeeeeeeeeeek !

[Renee]

Definitely spiders for me.. I once had a big spider crawl on my pillow and I just happened to open my eyes as it was staring me in the face. I made the most unusual sound, jumped out of bed, turned on the light and screamed for my husband all in about half a second.

He shot out of bed too and then grabbed a shoe to kill it for me. It got away and I slept on the couch for about a week.

Since that night I have a recurring nightmare where I dream that a spider is staring at me on my pillow. Every time it happens it jolts me wide awake and I cant help but feel like it was really there again. Sometimes my eyes even play tricks on me creating the spider's image for a couple of seconds after I have opened my eyes. After a moment my eyes focus and I know nothing was there.

I know this sounds kinda crazy but that one night really messed me up and when I went on the internet and read about the brown recluse and how it can cause necrosis I have never been able to sleep as soundly as I used to.

Anyone else have something like this happen to them?

Australia has some of the most deadly spiders in the world.

Not trying to scare at all, because I find it fascinating - we also have some of the most deadly snakes in the world.

We have one spider here which if it bites you, the wound never heals. It just continues to eat your flesh forever.

Another which can kill you in a matter of minutes if it bites you.

We have spiders that will chase you, jump on you.

Then we have one of the most poisonous spiders that actually is harmless because it's fangs are too short to bite you. You usually find them in your shower, old backyard dunnies etc.

Now after saying all this, the first two deadly spiders I listed above, I have only seen them once in my entire life. One is a white tip and the other is a red back.

I must say, the red back spider was beautiful. The red was so bright.

We also have lots of cockroaches here - some of them can fly too..

[LuckyLizzy]

Australia has some of the most deadly spiders in the world.

Not trying to scare at all, because I find it fascinating - we also have some of the most deadly snakes in the world.

We have one spider here which if it bites you, the wound never heals. It just continues to eat your flesh forever.

Another which can kill you in a matter of minutes if it bites you.

We have spiders that will chase you, jump on you.

Then we have one of the most poisonous spiders that actually is harmless because it's fangs are too short to bite you. You usually find them in your shower, old backyard dunnies etc.

Now after saying all this, the first two deadly spiders I listed above, I have only seen them once in my entire life. One is a white tip and the other is a red back.

I must say, the red back spider was beautiful. The red was so bright.

We also have lots of cockroaches here - some of them can fly too..

Ok. I used to want to visit Australia soo badly until I read this post. My goodness that sounds like my worst nightmare!

We have those flying cockroaches also and they give me goosebumps they freak me out so bad.

If I had to eat bugs to survive because there was no food I'm not sure I would make it! I've seen people eating grasshopper lollipops and it just grosses me out. Yuck!

[Renee]

Like I said, I've only ever seen those spiders once in 27 years.. So the chance of you visiting for a few weeks and seeing one is actually pretty unlikely.

Unless you go to the zoo

[thepokerkeep]

One time we were fishing a creek near Tobermory Ontario and as we walked down the path we heard a rattle coming from the bushes.... I'd never heard a rattler before but the sound was unmistakable. We froze cuz it was impossible to pinpoint where the sound was coming from. Should we back up or go forward? After a short while the snake settled down and quit rattling at us so we bolted!

That sound made me go eeeek! I think I messed my pants a little too.