Ladybugs are deadly. I was told this by my brother, who, days after, put a hand full of them down my shirt while walking home from school (I was 6 at the time). To this day (I'm now 21), I still have a phobia.
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies

others believed things like this
- My brother used to say, "Hail Mary, Full of Grapes..."Anon
- When I was a child, I used to believe that the school attic was full of ghosts and elfs.— Lia
- I used to believe that slugs were deadly and they would bite you and kill you. 0_o Where did I get that idea?— What was I thinking?
- i believed that carrots with milk was a deadly poison until i was 11.— Jennifer
- i used to think the song "walking in a winter wonderland" was "walking in a womens underwear"— stephen s
- my brother used to belive that we could take the car and drive to "the old days". as if it was a geografic...— norwegia