@LifelongLearner I grew up near the ocean in Port Elizabeth. The only creepy crawly I've seen in Port Elizabeth was those small grey garden lizards.
I came to Johannesburg in my adult years and lived in built-up areas where there's just houses, town houses or apartments. ...so no creepy crawlies. I've seen a few scorpions in Johannesburg, and spiders too. I'm afraid of both. My kids, I found out later on, also had a fear for spiders. There's rain spiders in Johannesburg and they tend to get in. ...when that happens, I can't sleep. My older son bought a tarantula as a pet in a glass container. He would remove the top to feed it insects. This was to get over his fear. I wouldn't go near it. The thought of that hairy awful looking spider gave me the shivers down my spine. The spider died as my son was more out than in, meaning travelling and living his young life. People think because I live in South Africa that these awful creatures run around us. It's not like that. We see all these creatures at zoos etc and other wildlife at game lodges or game drives etc