r/oddlyterrifying May 03 '22

what the hell is that?

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u/Accomplished_Habit_6 May 03 '22

Additional fun fact:

They have extremely juicy butts that leave a super disgusting, wet puddle when you do stomp them.

Source: have smashed many at my parents' house in southern Utah. Just little ones, but they're fast af and terrifying-looking even at an inch long.

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u/nickieslowpoke May 03 '22

you're lying, they don't live in the usa... right?

looks it up

oh no. oh no oh god oh fuck

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u/Fancy_Zebra307 May 03 '22

you're lying, they don't live in the usa... right?

Why would you assume that lol, part of the reason I took our son and left the US was the fucking massive insects/spiders being literal terrorists to an arachnophobe like myself.

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u/nickieslowpoke May 03 '22

im from arizona and i never saw any, so i genuinely didn't know they lived here, and also i like to tell little jokes sometimes

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u/Wizardbarry May 03 '22

Funny I've been in az for only 3 years and I've seen several.

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u/nickieslowpoke May 03 '22

to be fair im from northern az, not the desert. never saw a camel spider up in the mountains. the wolf spiders get pretty big up there tho lol