#I LIKE SPIDERS! I LOVE TARANCHULAS AND OTHER BUGS

[whumpy-wyrms]

i have a confession everyone. i am actually scared of caterpillars

#this came out of absolute nowhere but i just saw a video of caterpillars and got jump scared #i’m shaking in my boots #🐛🐛🐛🐛🐛 #AHHHH #THEY’RE SO…. #BIG AND ROUND AND HAVE GUTS THAT GO EVERYWHERE IF THEY’RE ACCIDENTALLY STEPPED ON OR EATEN BY A REPTILE #AND THEY’RE WIGGLE AROUND AND WRINKLY AND HAVE SO MANY LEGS #AND THEY HAVE WEIRD TEXTURESSS #AND THEIR EYEBALLS WIGGLE #OR SKMETHING #I SAW A SPECIFIC CATERPILLAR ONCE AS A KID AND IT FUCKING SCARRED ME #just looked up brown caterpillar with eyes and got jumpscared again oh shit oh fuck it’s so fucking gross and scary #anyway it’s called eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillars #specifically the brown ones because that’s the one i saw as a kid #and they do this weird defense mechanism by trying to mimic snakes by sticking out a disgusting orange thing from their face and wiggling #their head back and forth and it’s fucking scary it genuinely scares the shit out of me #so i guess their defense works LOLL #BUT EWWW SORRY FOR BEING HATEFUL TOWARDS CATERPILLARS BUT THEY ARE THE ONE (1) INSECT I CANNOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR #I LIKE SPIDERS! I LOVE TARANCHULAS AND OTHER BUGS #but caterpillars… it sounds like a shitpost but i’m being serious. i literally have no other fears besides needles and caterpillars #just had to get this out there