• @HappycamperNZ
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      410 months ago

      They look like a pale version of our Weta.

      But our bugs are chill. Little jumpy and spiky though.

    • @MrJameGumb
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      410 months ago

      We have a similar bug here called a cave cricket! They look similar but cave crickets are harmless lol

      • @[email protected]
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        210 months ago

        Not venomous or anything, but if it’s the same cave cricket or “spider cricket” we have here then they will also bite the shit out of you.

        • @MrJameGumb
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          210 months ago

          The ones we have here can’t bite anything. If they get scared their only defense mechanism is to jump straight at the threat and hope to scare it away lol

    • NielsBohron
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      310 months ago

      Yeah, I have a deep-seated irrational fear of bugs large enough to “pop” when you step on them, and I think it stems from growing up around these monstrosities. They’re not as bad as bugs in a lot of places, but goddamn does it hurt to get bit by them, especially as a child.