I feel like a lot of people who are freaked out by spiders are less freaked out by crickets or beetles. While millipedes and centipede and spiders tend to gross people put because they can be poisonous, people know that cockroaches aren’t poisonous, but see them as repulsive.
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It might be evolutionary. Like you said, spiders and millipedes could be poisonous, and therefore we instinctively avoid them. But crickets and beetles are actually a food source. So maybe our brains aren’t as hardwired to be afraid of them because that would have limited our ability to survive.
As to roaches, we often associate them with filth (which is ironic because they’re actually very hygienic critters). So I think the repulsion part comes from an association rather than any instinctual fear.
But also, the more we are exposed to something, the less we tend to fear it.
It has to do with danger and instinct. It’s human instinct that spiders and snakes are associated with danger. As ambush predators they would hide and often surprise unsuspecting humans who stumble upon them, disturb them, and receive a defensive bite in the process.
Cockroaches on the other hand represent a danger in another form, cockroaches are typically found around filth and human trash. Things like that are a breeding ground for disease, so cockroaches become instinctually associated with disease and filth.
Some are cute and other are not. And cuteness is relative to each person.
Roaches are so cute :’)
People are scared of what they don’t know. Most people can’t tell what insects are dangerous or not. It’s safer just to avoid them. Like me, I’m scared of snakes. I know some snakes are harmless but I don’t know which are. Is better for me just to run away and scream like a little girl. And cockroaches aren’t poisonuis, but they are dirty. They can anything be them to spread.
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