I used to be obsessed with this book about insects called "Insect World" and would insist that my mother read parts of it to me every night. About half an hour later, I would run into my parents' room, imagining giant wasps, stagbeetles, and army ants had invaded my bed!
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- I used to wonder what kind of insect "uncles" were named after.
I had "Ants" figured out.— Kimberly in AZ - An hour and a half is exactly the same as half an hourAnon
- i used to believe that the hard toe caps on rugby boots were made from giant ants found in the amazon!— eryll
- I used to believe that all songs were exactly a half-hour long.— Brian
- I used to believe that ants had the smallest nipples in the worldAnon
- my dad used to tell me that if I ate in bed that ants would come out at night and eat my eyeballs!— jeps