I know I'm going to (probably) have to live with it - but they are so big, scary, and can bite and I'm terrified of them.

Am I talking about my monitor? No...... I truly hate those great big black adult crickets!! So much so I think I have a phobia of them.

I ordered 500 of them the other day - 100 XL locusts costs the same as 500 adult crix so I thought it would be a good idea to save money. They turned up yesterday so I carefully tipped the bag into Sav's insect mixing bowl with his vitamin powder stuff and it went (mostly) OK - I didn't have to touch them and no escapees. Later on I opened up their bag to add bug food and such and about 4 of them (one was truly ENORMOUS) jumped out and got down my T-shirt so there was I hopping up and down in the kitchen yelling my head off and ripping off my shirt (I knew it was in there somewhere).

So, there's my goofy confession. I have to live with these big black buggers or go back to the expensive (but for me handleable) pretty yellow locusts.

I don't know how you can handle those giant roaches, Jake - UGH!!