So true Christine about the creatures knowing when & where we are! Yes, we get assassin bugs but for some reason they just don't creep me out like mantids. I can easily ignore the assassins but not the mantids. Funny how we each have our little phobias. Spiders don't bother me a bit yet I know many people who can't even look at a photo of spiders. They only bother me when I get web stringing all over me - it feels like loose hairs tickling me.
So during "spider season" as I call it, when they seem to have strung webs simply everywhere, I walk around with a long stick which I wave up & down in front of me to break the webs before I pass through.
