Creepy Crawlies

There are two types: creepy-crawlies without wings and creepy-crawlies with wings. ❋ Ben Hobrink (2011)

Antonia's creations had thoroughly intrigued me when I met she and her family at the Palm Sunday Crafts Fair the previous March; I eagerly looked forward to seeing the bubbly cauldron where she cast her magic spells and brought her bewitched creepy-crawlies to life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Small land animals and insects are the “creepy-crawlies”: the scurrying mice, slimy toads, filthy bugs, and scary spiders. ❋ Ben Hobrink (2011)

On a clear day the rays of the summer sun pick out gems of iridescent blues and greens that are the creepy-crawlies, beetles and bugs among the bushes and wild flowers in my garden. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite a notable lack of blood, guts or creepy-crawlies, “Pontypool” manages to deliver heavily in the creepy department. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We also know that many “creepy-crawlies” are carriers of trichinae e.g., the mouse, hamster, hedgehog, marten, polecat, and other small carnivores, which is reason enough for such creatures not to be eaten. ❋ Ben Hobrink (2011)

Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss have done here for creepy-crawlies and numbers what they did for animals and letters in 2009's "Alphabeasties": In this case, they've used innumerable miniature numbers to create the shapes of creatures, about which they then tell us more. ❋ Meghan Cox Gordon (2011)

The number one phobia in the United States, affecting 50% of women and 25% of men is Arachnophobia, the irrational fear of spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and other eight-legged creepy-crawlies. ❋ Booktryst (2010)

Planes, trains, and automobiles offer places where these creepy-crawlies can hitch a ride, too. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Reading takes me to places I might otherwise not get to visit and I don't have to experience the creepy-crawlies and the other hardships first hand! ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

Antonia Cruz Rafael's clay creepy-crawlies lay sprawled across the work table in her home. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A "big flat rock" had been turned over, creating an opportunity to "look at the creepy-crawlies" more closely. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"[ahh], I've [got] [creepy crawlies]" ❋ -Chloe- (2020)

Timmy was at the pool and a man asked him to help him back into [the wheelchair] and he was only wearing a Speedo, those [creepy crawlies] [I tell you what]. ❋ Chad Was Here (2017)

We had a party at [the Stig's] place the other night and I needed to [extrude] a length real bad. I was too pissed to climb the stairs so I left him a [creepy crawly]. ❋ Art Farkis (2006)

Person A: Look at those [curtains]! Person B: They're [covered] in [creepy crawly death dealers]! ❋ Purplecapricorn (2019)

Horny Guy: "Dude, I bet you $20 I can [fuck that] girl by tomorrow" Horny [Guy's] Friend: "I hear she comes with the creepy crawly crabs package, you sure you wanna [tap that]?" ❋ Thebadwrench (2018)

Dude: Man, that girl is so fine [Dude's] friend: [Trust me bro], you don't want [that cunt] cake... it comes with the creepy crawly crabs package ❋ Thebadwrench (2017)