I had a dream where there were giant insects in my bedroom. They looked like flies or moths but behaved more like cockroaches. They were about a foot long and there were about a dozen of them. I saw them walking on the floor around and under my bed. I never saw them on the walls or ceiling and I never saw them fly. They waddled when they walked, like bees.

They were a drab colour, dark brown or grey, but they had densely packed, circular, bright red-orange spots about half an inch across. The first time I saw the insects, the spots were on the wings. The second time the spots had moved to the thorax. And the third time the spots were on the head.

I was frightened and repulsed by these insects and didn’t want to touch them. I was terrified they might crawl up my leg. I ran away and came back with some kind of spray, which didn’t seem to be very effective. I might have stepped on them but I didn’t want to touch them with my bare feet and I didn’t want their crushed bodies on my carpet. My wife didn’t know what to do with them either, but she wasn’t as scared as me. And the whole time, a sane part of my brain was saying, “Insects don’t get this big.”

And then they were gone. At first I thought they were hiding, but we did a thorough search and there was nowhere for something that big to hide. But we did find some dirty nooks and corners that needed cleaning. And that’s the end of the dream.