Insects and Spiders

I can't stand the demonisation of insects just because they don't look quite the way we would like them. A quick look at Internet articles on them shows that the long mandibles are useless for biting, as they are just too long.

Just to say that while you are 100% correct, fear of big leggy insects and spiders has nothing to do with how harmful they are perceived to be. Knowing their fangs are just for show, or that they get rid of flies doesn't stop the adrenaline bolting my spine upright the second any sizeable spider enters the room with any sort of gusto. The only thing I have on my mind is if it's going to touch me, nothing else. The association is touch = apocalypse. It is not touch = bite = itchyness and pain.

I'm not anti-spider or insects, I avoid killing them, but the fear is entirely irrational and basically feels like a physical reflex. It's like saying a horror film is just a film to someone when they can't sleep afterwards. For some reason insects and spiders occupy a primal part of our psyche, I guess it's part of what makes them so fascinating.