When I was a kid I'd go 'bug hunting' and pick up any insect that looked interesting including bees, beetles, spiders etc, except earwigs, with my bare hands and put them in jars and feed them. Well a few years later when I shared a bedroom with my brother and I had the top bunk, spiders would bite me in my sleep since I was so close to the ceiling I guess.
I can't pick up hardly any insects now except praying mantis. I don't like sitting on the ground either. Even picking up potato bugs make me feel funny sometimes. Maybe its my 100mm macro lens and I can see what their faces really look like.