Worse still it brought thousands of dark-grey and black moths, some nearly as big as your hand, flapping and whirring round their ears. Flies and Spiders
Right there on the side of my house, a giant moth. It was sunny and super bright out, but if I was in the pitch-black of Mirkwood I would have been just as creeped out as Thorin's company. It would have easily been the scariest insect I've ever seen with my own eyes. Even in the brightness I was hesitant to go outside, fearing this cross between a tarantula and moth would eat my face:
After snapping a few photos quickly, it flew off to hopefully Canada or somewhere far away, like in another universe back to Mirkwood.
. I agree though that the colorfulness of this one made it less evil-looking
. I remember spotting one biting my leg once and I just kind of waggled my leg really energetically trying to get it to detach itself - needless to say that didn't really work. I had no idea about that little trick - might give that a go sometime - thanks! I don't think we have any spiders which can actually cause any harm whatsoever over here - I am mostly frightened by the fact they appear from absolutely no where, when I least expect it, and then they scuttle around menacingly and often disappear equally as fast. I know they're helpful to keep the fly population down though, so although they unnerve me, they do have my respect.
