Slug

Slug :)

Bobbit worms, I don’t think they’re pests exactly but they’re very interesting, terrifying and gross! 😆

Love me allthe trash amimals but i think im pretty obviously obsessed with opossums.

Uhhh cockroaches are cool.

Silverfish

seconded. They're just little guys.

Little friends! They actually eat some of the bad things, so they are useful.

Love a good pigeon

I like those giant brown house spiders. They are huge and shocking but they're harmless and chill, you can just pick them up with your hands and take them out to the shed to live there instead. Also get to feel like a hero rescueing the ladies from them lol

When I was a kid, my grandfather taught me that wasps won't hurt me if I stay calm and don't make sudden movements. I had a tiny inflatable kid pool in the garden, and in the summer, when I was in the pool, wasps flocked to it to drink. They were all around me, landing on top of the water, and even landing on me to drink from water droplets on my skin. I followed my grandfather's advice and never got stung once. So I have learned not to be afraid of them.

Then, once upon a time, I noticed a wasp in a lady's hair at the bus stop. I told her not to move, and I carefully guided the wasp on my hand, from which it took flight.

After I explained what had just happened, she looked at me and told me that she was allergic to wasps, and I might have just saved her life. Wasn't expecting that! It didn't feel like a big deal to me.

Centipede, slug, earthworm

I love dunnocks them because they used to be held up as the ideal of modesty in Victorian times, but are actually gossipy, promiscuous, cloaca peckin lil freaks

if they count ive always been slightly more seagull aspected than pigeon aspected

maggots theyre just babies...

slugs, snails and centipedes

TAPEWORMS AND TONGUE EATING LOUSE THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION ILY

Okay hear me out.... I fucking hate ticks and mosquitos and actually want them all to perish but.....they kinda cool objectively.... badass bitches

The girl reading this.

Snail

Yeah, slugs 'n' snails.

Rats and pigeons :)

those tiny little drain flies might spread gross stuff everywhere, but they're so cute and small that i can't hate them

if its not a tick or a mosquito ill go gaga over any of them <3 (and ill give props to ticks and mosquitos too im just very scared of them)
like, have you ever looked up what a lamprey looks like when its not a close-up shot of its teethy sucker mouth?? SO cute

House centipedes are weird and super fast but they eat bugs i dont like so they're friends.

Pigeons/doves are hilarious I love those little feather orbs

vultures

rats. classic, charismatic, fantastic. (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞

rats...

Makin mole people for my kobold equivalents in a game. They'd probably be more loved if they didnt live in huge cramped hive burrows.

P'much all bugs n creepy crawlies!
And up to opinion obv.. giant centipedes, apes/monkies, squids, horseshoe crabs, jumping spiders, mole, etc

cicada killer wasps!

Idk are spiders considered pests?
I see centipedes on here and I feel like they fall in a similar vein.
I freaking love spiders

Jumping spiders. I'm not sure they qualify as gross but a lot of people find spiders creepy.

Millipedes Centipedes, Slugs Snails, Spiders of various species, isopods

I like maggots.

Not to look at, but I like their medical uses.

Maggot therapy can save limbs that would otherwise need to be amputated.

There was also a case of a woman surviving a plane crash, but with a deep wound that got infected. Maggots saved her life by eating the dead tissue and preventing things from getting much worse until she was rescued.

Tarantulas count, right?
And ants!!! Ants are so cool. Wait, do they even count as "gross"?
And yeah, cenitpedes are cute indeed, I agree!

I love snails and it makes me sad knowing people think they are gross they are my garden buddies

Mice! Mice are super cute! When I was a kid, I had a pair of meadow mice I kept in a terrarium. Rats are basically just big mice. :3 That said, the stables of a friend were infested with mice and rats, and they were doing a lot of damage, including eating and pooping into the grains the horses were fed. :| I was helping with the mouse problem by catching them with my hands (I have fast reflexes) and releasing them far away. The rats, though, were the size of a dog, and I wouldn't mess with them. Also, sewer rats in cities are a disease vector, unfortunately. On rare occasions, A mouse somehow found its way inside my home. In this case, I use an old trick my grandfather taught me: A ceramic flower pot propped up by half a walnut, with the inside of it pointing inwards. The mouse will start eating the walnut, thus naturally position itself under the pot, pushing out the walnut, causing the pot to fall. And there, you have a mouse captured alive and unharmed, and can be released outside, away from houses. :)

My grandmother was totally freaked out by and terrified of frogs and lizards, both of which I love. Once when I was a kid, I also found a tiiiiny snake, the size of a pencil, and she almost had a heart attack when I showed it to her, chilling on my palm. :D Snakes are friends. Well, non-venomous ones anyway. Venomous ones are long-distance friends. XD When I was in India, I met a very deadly snake in a garden that I admired from a safe distance. Then the woman owning the garden carefully picked it up by the tail, placed it in a sack, and later released it in the jungle. (It wasn't a cobra, but it was just as dangerous.) Venomous snakes generally aren't aggressive; bites usually happen as accidents, eg. someone steps on them.

Some people are grossed out by earthworms, but they are fine. Actually, they are very beneficial for the soil. My grandfather taught me to look out for them when digging or gardening. They are friends.

We have a lot of snails around here, which some people dislike too. I don't get why. Snails are cute little friends. Slugs are alright too.

Many people consider pigeons pests, but I think they are cute. I have to admit, though, that city pigeons aren't exactly clean and can spread diseases, but it's not their fault. It is us who created cities.

Spiders are friends too, but I have mild arachnophobia, so I prefer not to get too close. Certain small ones I'm fine letting climb on my hand, eg. when rescuing them from the bathtub (which is a regular situation, LOL). The bigger, chonkier ones that make me feel uncomfortable, I catch with a glass and sheet of paper and release outside.

Generally, I believe in live and let live, and I avoid hurting anything if I can. The one exception is parasites. Fuck parasites. Especially ticks and horseflies.

i like house centipedes but my housemates force me to kill them on sight

house centipede

Geoplanidae. Super neat, slimy, cute.

man

and tardigrades, those little indestructible water bears