What kinda insects do you like and dislike?

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Some people are repulsed by some insects but not others. List (provide a picture too) the insects that repulse you and the ones that you like. I'm always inspired when I see Bear Grylls eating every single edible insect he comes across and I aspire to be able to do that too but I cringe just thinking about eating the insects on my bad list.

Heres the ones that freak me out:

House Centipedes - I always see these bastards in showers. I stay well clear of them.


Garden Centipedes - Compared to those house insects these aren't that bad at all. I'd rather eat one of these than a house centipede.


Earwig - I think its those pincers that repulse me


Skinny spiders - Spiders scare the crap outta me. I usually have 4 or 5 of them living in my room, they don't bother me and they keep other insects out but I still havent got used to them.

I saw Bear Grylls eat one of these

Have to admit even if I was starving to death I don't know if I'd eat that thing.

Heres the ones I like
Woodlice


Cockroaches

Of the four species you mentioned, only earwigs are insects.

Anyhow, I don't really like roaches. I like stick insects, ladybugs, beetles, bees, and a lot of other insects.

Non-insect arthropods I like include spiders and crustaceans.

I'm annoyed by some bugs...

Fly
Gnat
Mosquitoe
Ant

There aren't any I dislike as they all serve a purpose.
I don't mine seeing...

Lady bug
Bee
(What we call) Potato Bug

I think everyone likes lady bugs. And praying (preying?) mantis' are cool.

But I hate... Hate... HATE SPIDERS!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!

Well, littler spiders don't bother me so much. It's the bigger, uglier things that make me squirm. I hate them so much that I've converted my wife to my way of thinking - she used to love all God's creatures, but now sees spiders for the concubines of Satan that they are.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I love insects. My general rule is don't be creeped out by what can't hurt you. Wasps and ants annoy me, but I'm not scared of them and for everytime I've been stung I have killed atleast 100.

Ugh Wasps... those are the ones that freak me out. I don't like to be stung and they tend to follow me when i walk outside my house. i end up running down the stairs of our deck everyday just so they wont catch me.

Note: I know that not all of these are technically insects. Just getting that out of the way.

Like:
-lepidoptera (butterflies and moths, both adult and caterpiller forms)
-most beetles (especially fireflies, which are technically beetles)
-myriapods
-mantids
-spiders
-grasshoppers
-stick and leaf insects
-dragonflies (favorite kind)

Dislike:
-mosqitoes
-houseflies
-bees, wasps and ants

ladybugs are cool but I hate wasps,yellow jackets and hornets-hate stinging insects.

Like
Wasps
Bumblebees
Ants(but not in my house)
Centipedes
Caterpillars

Dislike
Lice
Tics
Termites
Cockroaches
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I like just about anything alive. Insects all look so curious - the variety is really profound. The only thing I really do not want in my space is cockroaches. I don't want to kill them either - I abhor killing things - so I try to keep the kitchen as clean and unfriendly to them as possible....knock on wood.

I love praying mantises, dragonflies, grasshoppers, ladybugs, butterflies and moths.

I don't dislike any insects unless they're mushy and slimy, like grubs.

I hate all of the horrible things.

The only insect I really like is the firefly because it lights up and it can't bite/kill you. I tolerate lady bugs.