Gather around your laptops and smartphones, friends. It’s time for the crypt keepers of our Science department to share some seasonally appropriate stories (spooky alert).

You’re not afraid? Hmmmm. Some polls suggest that you are more anxious about what you’ll see here than you care to admit. The Survey of American Fears, published by Chapman University, found that about a quarter of the people it surveyed in 2017 said they were afraid of reptiles, while one in five said they fear insects (a slight decline in each category from last year).

Why not test yourself? Scroll down and enjoy the scientific curiosities of things that slither and crawl and fly.