http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...world-weighs-3-times-mouse.html#ixzz1fJS29Gfh Giant weta. Never even heard of this... looks like a grasshopper to me.
I am not afraid of big bugs but I hate it when they pop out of nowhere. This thread gave me the heebie-jeebies.
I'm not afraid of bugs either (except cockroaches) but those did make me cringe. I don't think I could hold them.