Ha! Well, snow and I have never greeted each other as family were determined for some game reason to live in the bug capitol of the US of A. But even Alaska has blood suckers galore and spiders are Everywhere. What's a phobic to do? Pitch tent in a Raid factory?
At least this area isn't tropical where the roaches are big enough for kids to ride on. Or the spiders. The palm-sized wolfies are bad enough.