Afraid of spiders?

As a kid I was never afraid of any kind of creepy crawleys, and I still think snakes and the likes are interesting annimals, but while I was pregnant, and until recently spiders and the likes where not on my favourite list. It may be the mothers instinct of protecting the innocent child, but after reading about this spider incident I might reconsider my stand on the whole spider issue once more.

Is it unusual to find snakes and insects facinating?