I too HATE bugs, god love my pets who love to chase them and eat them. But YOUR bugs down there are DANG hugh. I think my cat might even run away from them. If you are brave enough to live anywhere in a state that boasts they grow them bigger down here, I'm thinking you can handle these guys just fine. Just remind them if they tease about putting a bug in your sleeping bag, we are younger and faster than they are, and at least speaking for myself, I don't get mad I get even!