I'm afraid of spiders and I've always been. Tiny spiders aren't that bad, but I don't want them near me. One thing about spiders is that to me, they (like many other arthropods) appear to be faceless. I know they're not, but that's how I feel. Some of them are like a body with long, scary legs. I'm looking at picures of spiders right now, I shudder, and it feels like somethings crawling on me
Snakes have never really bothered me. I touched one earlier this year at Skansen (a Swedish open air museum and zoo, in case you don't know) and it was rather nice!