Philosophy on Bug- and/or Spider-Killing

[Nat]

What is your philosophy on bug- and/or spider-killing?

I think of spiders as very good and often useful creatures (because they eat bugs, I guess), and I do my best not to mess with them. I leave them alone in my house, and if I'm somewhere where somebody wants a spider gone or is intending to kill it, I will volunteer to catch it and put it outside. It really bothers me to see them killed.

Luckily I'm not faced with any sort of bug infestation, or I might resort to killing them. I'm not interested in cohabitating with any infestation of bugs. Except for fleas and mosquitos, I try not to kill them. I had a gnat land on me the other day, and I just reached over and smooshed it. Then I felt bad. :( It was a mindless action, but he or she wasn't going to hurt me.

I'm curious to know how others handle bugs and spiders in the home or other indoor areas.

[Gemme]

Here's my theory:

They have the WHOLE outdoors and I have my little confined space. They know that if they cross the lines and come into my space, I shall hurt them. I do do it quickly, though. I know enough to expect to get bitten or at least annoyed by bugs and whatnot when I am in their space, so they should expect that when they cross over into enemy territory, that pain will soon follow.

I don't care about who eats what and how good or bad every one of those suckers is, they are in MY space and shall suffer the consequences for it.

[Sachita]

Remember that song? "I don't like spiders or snakes..."
I smash them. I dont like them and agree with Gemme.

[Andrew, Jr.]

I put glasses on top of spiders or other creatures that I find, or the furkids find. When my neighbors come home or Rosie, they scoop them up and release them outside.

There are two insects I cannot stand: First, are bee's of any kind or breed or whatever. I hate them. They must die. I have been known to spray them with WD-40 (it melts their wings). I also have used my hair gel (American Crew). I have no idea of what that does to them. Second, the giant, green-eyed flies. The kind that hang out at the beach. OMG! I wish I knew how to get rid of them on the beautiful days at the beach. Those babies bite and bite hard enough to draw blood.

I have 3 cats (2 girls, 1 boy). I have been known to save mice from them. I put them in large cups, and release them in the habitat behind my house. I figure they can go out and fend for themselves from the owls and other large birds.

I believe in using exterminators. They are a god-send when dealing with those bee's. My neighbor used them when he had a bat in his chimney. The guy got the bat out and let it go free.

When I was younger, I was known to find animals and free them from construction sites. There is no reason to kill an animal because it is in someone's way or someone is afraid of it.

[Nina]

I always get spiders in my house...not like ten million and not all the time, but they come...I leave them alone...they leave me alone...it all works out...if they go into the bathtub and I am going to shower I assume they will scuttle away, I don't save them...well, maybe now and then I do...for the most part we just coexist...it works for us all...

ants on the other hand, who come in, are treated to my house specially made delights just for them...sugar and boric acid (is that right?---some kind of white powder) in little tin foil cups which I make and put out for their eating pleasure...they swarm and then away they go...it's good for them to go...I keep everything neurotically sealed in the cupboards...I dismay when the ants come...

what I Really don't like is when birds get in the house...I don't like being near birds...I did feed them for a while and that was a great joy...I made my own bird feed...then the rats came and the fucking pigeons came so no more feeding the back yard birds...sad...I digress, even for me...there was a blue jay that kept coming in through the kitchen window to eat my bulbs...it was crazy land for a while...I got screens for the window and put creative protective coverings over the bulbs when I transplanted them outside...so---Birds, they gotta go and gotta go fast...*I* don't get them out, they scare me, so that's the job for the old man...if he's not here when they are, he'll be here soon enough since it's a 9-1-1 situation for me...

not sure birds counted, I kinda went down then uninvited outside-ers who come into the house path...

[Sybelle]

So recently I had a spider do a ninja jump out of the bathroom drain. It was hairy. Way tooooo hairy. Can't have ambushing ninja spiders - so I turned on the water. It came up the side of the sink TOWARDS ME!!


:spider::spider::spider::spider::spider::spider:

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

:darthsmiley:

For the most part, if they will go peacefully - I'll put them outside via a jar. But, scare me in anyway or be a critter that stings - it is over quickly.

[Kenna]

Here's my theory:

They have the WHOLE outdoors and I have my little confined space. They know that if they cross the lines and come into my space, I shall hurt them. I do do it quickly, though. I know enough to expect to get bitten or at least annoyed by bugs and whatnot when I am in their space, so they should expect that when they cross over into enemy territory, that pain will soon follow.

I don't care about who eats what and how good or bad every one of those suckers is, they are in MY space and shall suffer the consequences for it.

I had never really been scared of bugs - grew up with the mountains as my back yard and potty trained in an out house - unless they were poisonous or caused a threat of nasty bites. Until I was bitten by a very nasty spider that made me very sick for several weeks. The local college said it was a Wolf Spider?? Because I was so sick, I'm not scared of them, I HATE most of them. Especially the really ugly, hairy, long legged ones that I think may be poisonous. And I HATE stink bugs!!! It depends on what kinda bug it is, if I decide to SQUISH it! Now... if a snake crosses my path, except for black snakes or garter, I WILL chop it's head off! Were I grew up, there were always copperheads. NASTY mean things that will chase you. I will also take out a whole nest of yellow jackets or hornets. Thems just not nice bugs, the yellow jackets tend to attack in numbers... took me a week to get my hand to heal.

[Diva]

Here is what I do.

As a rule, I loathe spiders, bugs and snakes. But I do know that there are SOME bugs and spiders and snakes which are good for the outside.

I WILL kill the following: Scorpions, black widow spiders, fleas & ticks, brown recluse spiders, cockroaches (I might as well, they're gonna outlive us all ANYway...what's one less, right?) and poisonous snakes.

Ok, so I WON'T kill venomnous snakes as You won't see me that close to one to begin with. But those other things? Oh yeah, and I don't have one millisecond's worth of a problem doing it.

Everything else, I will scoop up and release them to the out of doors.

[Arwen]

Here is what I do.

As a rule, I loathe spiders, bugs and snakes. But I do know that there are SOME bugs and spiders and snakes which are good for the outside.

I WILL kill the following: Scorpions, black widow spiders, fleas & ticks, brown recluse spiders, cockroaches (I might as well, they're gonna outlive us all ANYway...what's one less, right?) and poisonous snakes.

Ok, so I WON'T kill venomnous snakes as You won't see me that close to one to begin with. But those other things? Oh yeah, and I don't have one millisecond's worth of a problem doing it.

Everything else, I will scoop up and release them to the out of doors.



What Diva said except you need to add SHRIEKING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS if I have to do it myself.

Ask Goofy. I think his ears are permanently damaged from my living in his home.

And I love/adore/cherish snakes and can/will pick 'em up and move them around.

You can call me Stephanie Erwin. ha

[Passionaria]

It depends if it is a single bug that got "lost" or an invasion. A single bug gets picked up in a jar and released, and invading herds get vacuumed up.

:bow: Most bugs are looking for a food source, so I make sure there is not one that I am unaware of.

:bow: Some herbs will detour ants : black pepper, cinnamon, spearmint, peppermint.

:bow: Strong Orange peel based cleaners will stop most bugs in their tracks. Especially Spiders. It will kill Black Widows, or immobilize then so you can get em.

:bow: This is a native way I was taught, announce out loud to the critters that they need to go outside, this is your space, and include the consequences of not doing so. Leave them and escape route. I have done this with snakes, and it worked......Spiders seems to be a non compliant lot.

:cat: Pashi

[violaine]

love entomology, herpetology, and arachnology-

interesting beings all of them, but here are some of the ones i can admire from afar-

ticks, mites, and scorpions [arachnids] are not great to find indoors- or in the case of ticks and mites, using their chelicerae to burrow or tunnel on humans or pets can spread infection [bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi / lyme disease].

digging wasps can be really worrisome for gardeners. i love bees.

info on wasp-hornet-yellowjacket-bee

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/whatis.htm

cottonmouth water moccasins [pit vipers / hematoxic venoms]. i have been chased by these ill-tempered snakes on several occasions from water to land. luckily for me, they stood up to fight in the water giving advance warning to me and the dogs.

http://www.wf.net/~snake/moccasin.htm

[Emmy]

Nice to see that so many folks here let the spiders go! Ever since reading Charlotte's Web as a kid, I've been releasing them too, ha ha.

[Apocalipstic]

There are lots of poisonous and scary bugs, spiders and snakes in TN.

Spiders, if they are not Brown Recluses or something huge and poisonous, I just let them be...if left to my own devices, bugs too.

If it looks scary and Cynthia is around, I ask her to deal....she was a Nature Specialist with the Girl Scouts after all. Heh.

If, alas, I must deal with the bugs as I did several years ago when my then G/F was terrified of bugs and had to have them killed or she screamed incessantly....I got the 30 foot away wasp foam (or hair spray). I could then get far enough away from said bug to incapacitate it...proceeding from there with a swift burial at sea in the toilet.

On one occasion we were lying in bed when the shadow of a HUGE millipede flashed on the wall...hugeeeeeeeeeeee....while she jumped up and down on the bed screaming at the top of her lungs (and she had great projection) I threw the phone book across the room like a shirkin and trapped the thing, then I jumped up and down on the phone book for a good five minutes while she screamed "is it dead???". :| :| :| No, baby, it survived 220 lbs of fish jumping on it. :|

Once she called me at work (she worked an hour away) to tell em that a grasshopper was looking at her and trying to break in her car. Yeay...Good times. :|

[rockybcn]

Now who could squash a ladybug??? I can´t even think about harming the little beauties! For some reason I have to take a daddylongleg outside and release it too. Most other spiders are considered squishable! I have a thing about checking the insides of my shoes if they havent been worn in awhile....just incase one of those lil freeloaders thinks it has squatters rights!

[Ldyluck88]

I might sound terrible, but I cannot stand bugs or spiders, flies or any crawley thing!! I have been bitten many times by spiders and I swell up like a balloon as I'm allergic. I won't bother them if they don't bother me. I don't go out of my way looking for them, but heaven help the ones who do occupy my space!! :annoyed:

[Rockinonahigh]

As a native born Louisisnanian I have seen some of the uglyest biggest bugs u will probly ever see...if u want to see an old butch move like Flojo just let a spider or snake pop out of nowhere cause im gonna be right behind Arwen geting out the door.Daddy longleggs are the exception as are lady bugs,anything else is termanated quickly.

[NJFemmie]

Kill Kill Kill!!
I do not like bugs. I do not like spiders.
I'm not going to sit there and figure out if it's poisonous or not - I smash it dead.
It's a big world out there - they don't need to be in my house.

[Queerasfck]

I don't kill. I catch and then train them for a pet circus which I am diligently working on in all my free time. They all have cute outfits that match which my lovely partner has hand sewn with fabrics made from fine organic materials we have gathered from our trips abroad.

[weatherboi]

spiders and bugs yayyyyyy!!!!

I am not a fan of the roach family at all!!!!!

[sharkchomp]

Spiders get a free ride in the large plastic cup to the great outdoors, unless 'lightning' Scooby gets them first. Then I can find them dead, in a little ball on my comforter usually near my pillow. Thanks pal! In my last house, I had a little spider under the window sill above my sink. He (or his descendants) lived there all the while that I lived there.

Bugs usually don't have a chance in my house. If 'lightning' Scooby doesn't get them, then 'scootn' Vegas gets them - she dives onto them and scoots on her back across the floor, effectively squishing them without getting biten or stung.

Flying insects are [usually] effectively eliminated, although the troops occassionally sustain some casualties. If 'lightning' Scooby gets stung too many times, then he calls for the Commander [me] and I bring down the 'magazine' of death.

~~~shark~~~~~~~

[apretty]

øther:

i want E to kill the outdoorsy stuff that finds itself indoors (moths mainly, i've never even seen a spider in here) but le tigre takes things with his bare hand and releases them outside. *

*i forgot, once there was a bird that flew in the kitchen and landed on the coffee maker. E saved it.

[Queerasfck]

øther:

i want E to kill the outdoorsy stuff that finds itself indoors (moths mainly, i've never even seen a spider in here) but le tigre takes things with his bare hand and releases them outside. *

*i forgot, once there was a bird that flew in the kitchen and landed on the coffee maker. E saved it.

She forgot to mention lizards. There used to be an albino gecko lizard by our front door. She doesn't like lizards. She can't even watch the Geico commercials.

[always2late]

I don't mind spiders....because they kill other bugs. But that also depends on the size of the spider....the small ones who build their webs in the corners during the summer I don't mind, because they take care of any mosquitos or flies that happen to get in. The HUGE ones I've seen out in my front yard....no, don't like them so much, and wouldn't want one in the house.

I don't mind bees, or ladybugs, or praying mantis....any other bug gets the rolled up newspaper smack or the foot stomp :)

[theoddz]

I have the job of "bug disposal specialist" in our home. :|

I'm not afraid of bugs. I used to play with them when I was a kid. Pop was (retired now) a Research Entomologist for the USDA for nearly 25 years and he studied insects that get into stored food products and how to biologically control them. He always encouraged my sister and I to be curious about all kinds of insects, as they all have some value to the Earth's ecosystem. I remember catching strange bugs, putting them in jars and carrying them to Pop to ask what they were. He always knew....still does!!! So, I guess you could say that my "interest" in bugs goes waaaaay back!! One of the times I was closest to my Pop was when I joined 4-H and, for my county fair project, collected and made a display case of various insects, spiders and beetles of many varieties. I won a blue ribbon for it, and probably wouldn't have, had Pop not helped me (quite a bit) with his contributions of such oddities as a Horned Beetle, showing me how to spread wings, stick display pins and even donating some other colorful insects from far off tropic zones. I think Mother still has that display somewhere. We were all immensely proud of that for many years.

Now, Tabs and I both were both born and raised in the South. Everyone knows that good ol' Dixie is the "land of snakes and spiders".....and roaches. Heh. Down South, there is a roach that goes by the names of "water bug" and "palmetto bug". It's huge....and can fly. Needless to say, that when one of those are found, I am sent to kill it. Tabs takes one look, screams and ----->> :bolt:.

She swears that those palmetto/water bugs/roaches bite.......I say they do not. Fly?? Yes. Bite?? No.

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[weatherboi]

for all those into catch and release


http://www.strangenewproducts.com/uploaded_images/bug-catcher-749135.jpg

[Apocalipstic]

for all those into catch and release


http://www.strangenewproducts.com/uploaded_images/bug-catcher-749135.jpg

Do these work? I have always wanted to try one.

[weatherboi]

i don't know
i use sheets of paper so not to harm them
some bugs are really fragile
*wondering what it would be like to have a broken bug leg*


Do these work? I have always wanted to try one.

[Queerasfck]

i don't know
i use sheets of paper so not to harm them
some bugs are really fragile
*wondering what it would be like to have a broken bug leg*

Will look for tiny crutches on the internets!

[weatherboi]

this one may not be so bug intrusive...more humane

http://www.pestfreehome.co.uk/images/products/Bug%20catcher%20w%20trap_600.jpg

[The_Lady_Snow]

i don't know
i use sheets of paper so not to harm them
some bugs are really fragile
*wondering what it would be like to have a broken bug leg*

:|

:|
really?

Yanno I can get you a bug costume, do a take down scene and see how it may feel for a bug to have a broken leg?

just sayin'

[Queerasfck]

I have the job of "bug disposal specialist" in our home. :|

Now, Tabs and I both were both born and raised in the South. Everyone knows that good ol' Dixie is the "land of snakes and spiders".....and roaches. Heh. Down South, there is a roach that goes by the names of "water bug" and "palmetto bug". It's huge....and can fly. Needless to say, that when one of those are found, I am sent to kill it. Tabs takes one look, screams and ----->> :bolt:.

She swears that those palmetto/water bugs/roaches bite.......I say they do not. Fly?? Yes. Bite?? No.

~Theo~ :bouquet:

YESSS!!! I've seen these. I lived in Fort Lauderdale for five plus years. The palmetto bugs are as big as VW's. Crazy big.

[MsDemeanor]

We have a bug catcher with a vacuum that gently sucks up the bugs. It works really well for most bug critters.

The one exception to the catch and release rule is scorpions. If a scorpion comes in the house, it's toast.

[weatherboi]

Ms...do i get to pick the costume?? ;)


:|

:|
really?

Yanno I can get you a bug costume, do a take down scene and see how it may feel for a bug to have a broken leg?

just sayin'

[rockybcn]

I have the job of "bug disposal specialist" in our home. :|

I'm not afraid of bugs. I used to play with them when I was a kid. Pop was (retired now) a Research Entomologist for the USDA for nearly 25 years and he studied insects that get into stored food products and how to biologically control them. He always encouraged my sister and I to be curious about all kinds of insects, as they all have some value to the Earth's ecosystem. I remember catching strange bugs, putting them in jars and carrying them to Pop to ask what they were. He always knew....still does!!! So, I guess you could say that my "interest" in bugs goes waaaaay back!! One of the times I was closest to my Pop was when I joined 4-H and, for my county fair project, collected and made a display case of various insects, spiders and beetles of many varieties. I won a blue ribbon for it, and probably wouldn't have, had Pop not helped me (quite a bit) with his contributions of such oddities as a Horned Beetle, showing me how to spread wings, stick display pins and even donating some other colorful insects from far off tropic zones. I think Mother still has that display somewhere. We were all immensely proud of that for many years.

Now, Tabs and I both were both born and raised in the South. Everyone knows that good ol' Dixie is the "land of snakes and spiders".....and roaches. Heh. Down South, there is a roach that goes by the names of "water bug" and "palmetto bug". It's huge....and can fly. Needless to say, that when one of those are found, I am sent to kill it. Tabs takes one look, screams and ----->> :bolt:.

She swears that those palmetto/water bugs/roaches bite.......I say they do not. Fly?? Yes. Bite?? No.

~Theo~ :bouquet:
This reminds me of when I lived in North Carolina. We had bugs that we called..."no seeums".....and for being virtually unseen....they were ferocious biters! LOL

[NJFemmie]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/bst/lowres/bstn696l.jpg

[NJFemmie]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_x7xEbaBRmPw/SgrLO3XclgI/AAAAAAAAFM0/4R581P4IJb8/s400/huge-bug-01.jpg

OMFG, I would die. Die, right there.

In fairness, I won't kill ladybugs. In fact, I have a couple of them residing in my kitchen.
Bees = allergic. Spiders = been bit too many times. Mosquitoes = nuff said

Somehow we have a grasshopper in our basement. I FREAK OUT when that thing comes jumping at me - and they always do. They can't just leave me alone, or hide when I go downstairs - noooo, they have to jump toward me. I scream like a girl and make Mare go downstairs to get it. I don't care if She lets it out or kills it - I don't want it lunging at me.

I've never handled bugs well as an adult, which is interesting - because I played with them as a kid. Something traumatic must have happened and I blocked it out. *sigh*

[theoddz]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_x7xEbaBRmPw/SgrLO3XclgI/AAAAAAAAFM0/4R581P4IJb8/s400/huge-bug-01.jpg

OMFG, I would die. Die, right there.

In fairness, I won't kill ladybugs. In fact, I have a couple of them residing in my kitchen.
Bees = allergic. Spiders = been bit too many times. Mosquitoes = nuff said

Somehow we have a grasshopper in our basement. I FREAK OUT when that thing comes jumping at me - and they always do. They can't just leave me alone, or hide when I go downstairs - noooo, they have to jump toward me. I scream like a girl and make Mare go downstairs to get it. I don't care if She lets it out or kills it - I don't want it lunging at me.

I've never handled bugs well as an adult, which is interesting - because I played with them as a kid. Something traumatic must have happened and I blocked it out. *sigh*

Oh look!!!! A HORNED BEETLE!!! :awww:

Heh....

~Theo~ :winky::bouquet:

[BornBronson]

I much prefer to open a door/window and let them outside.Of course if they bite me,I kill'em.

[Andrew, Jr.]

I had a neighbor who had a huge lizard (5 feet long). This lizard was kept under hot lamps, and had horrible skin problems. Anyway, the guy would let his lizard out to walk, and get some sun. :eyebrow: Well, one day, we all forgot about the lizard. It ended up on my front porch with his head purched up on my 2 windows just looking at my 3 cats. The 3 cats were in the window looking back at the lizard. Unbelieveable.

[Gemme]

She forgot to mention lizards. There used to be an albino gecko lizard by our front door. She doesn't like lizards. She can't even watch the Geico commercials.

I love the lizzies...enough to get one permanently etched onto my skin. An ex said it creeped her out. We didn't last long. :blink:

[Ms. Tabitha]

I have the job of "bug disposal specialist" in our home. :|

Now, Tabs and I both were both born and raised in the South. Everyone knows that good ol' Dixie is the "land of snakes and spiders".....and roaches. Heh. Down South, there is a roach that goes by the names of "water bug" and "palmetto bug". It's huge....and can fly. Needless to say, that when one of those are found, I am sent to kill it. Tabs takes one look, screams and ----->> :bolt:.

She swears that those palmetto/water bugs/roaches bite.......I say they do not. Fly?? Yes. Bite?? No.

~Theo~ :bouquet:
They fly, I swear they have tail #'s and request permission to take off and land. They always seem to aim for YOU.

They are just down right NASTY!!

[WolfyOne]

If you ever woke up with any part of your body really swollen because something bit you while you slept and you had to go to the ER only to hear someone tell you it was a poisonous spider and btw drop your pants for a shot that's gonna hurt you more than it will me.........you'd kill every spider that crawled into your house. Then there's those quarter sized hairy ones that chase you and out of defense, you have no choice.

And how about attack of the killer bees while you're only trying to mow the lawn in the back of your house. You can't really kill them because they've already stung you along with 6 of their family members, so they're going to die anyhow. Sometimes for bees, life isn't fair, but they should think about that before they harm someone that has done nothing to them.

[Nat]

spiders are so neat though!

http://www.ecouterre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/spider-silk-shawl-7.jpg

[Nat]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_x7xEbaBRmPw/SgrLO3XclgI/AAAAAAAAFM0/4R581P4IJb8/s400/huge-bug-01.jpg


Wow that thing is cool! I wonder if they have personalities when they get that big. Is that real? I bet it has a better personality than my zombie cat. They don't really get that big! Do they?

Okay okay I guess maybe it's a real picture.

http://www.thenighttour.com/bahia_drake_night_tour_beet.jpg

a Rhinoceros Beetle

[Miss Scarlett]

So recently I had a spider do a ninja jump out of the bathroom drain. It was hairy. Way tooooo hairy. Can't have ambushing ninja spiders - so I turned on the water. It came up the side of the sink TOWARDS ME!!


:spider::spider::spider::spider::spider::spider:

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

:darthsmiley:

For the most part, if they will go peacefully - I'll put them outside via a jar. But, scare me in anyway or be a critter that stings - it is over quickly.

OMG! I've had a similar spider encounter but yours reminds me of an old episode of "The Twilight Zone."

[Miss Scarlett]

I'm a catch and release girl. I've even been known to allow a spider to live happily in my kitchen by the back door. In that apartment I had a horrible problem with crickets and rolly-polly bugs coming in at the back door. When this garden spider took up residence I let it stay. It grew fat and sassy on a steady diet of crickets and rolly-pollys. The only drawback was I had to clean up the carcasses. When my cat moved in I evicted the spider because I didn't want it to fall victim to her.
:playingcat:
I am deathly allergic to bees, wasps, hornets and yellow jackets. But I don't believe in killing them either.

[Rook]

Nope...
Newp newp newp.......
Bugs & I have an understanding...
Or at least, I believe we do.....
Outside?...Dat's yo' shit..Your world...Big bad wide World, if I walk out there barefoot, I had it comin', I deserve to Howl in Pain cuz u Bit my Big Toe in your Territory, my dumb-ass risks Anaphylactic Shock, if I don't duck and cover, or walk Sloooooooowly away from BumbleBees YellowJackets, Wasps etc, whatevah....
Now, having said that, bugs walk past my "fortified" Screen Door?
That's my fuckin' Territory, kiss your fuckin' ass Goodbye *MWAH* bye-bye...
Ticks, Fleas, Flies, roaches, Scorps, Spiders of any kind....Especially Fat, brown/black, big-ass kind that can possibly kill my Ferrets.
U crossed into my house, your Instinct should tell u "bad idea"...
It doesnt? tough...You're meetin' your maker if I find u...
I dont need nobody screaming bloody murder in the bathroom if a spider lands on their ass while heavily Soaped up....I dont need to encounter a Spider, roach, fire ant, anything with 6 or more legs and capable of Painfully biting me in my bed while I'm minding my business, or havin some intimate time...
My bed doesnt resemble grass, my shower doesnt resemble your Home....

I love insects, they're Fascinating, Reptiles as well...
I don't give any indication my Home is cozy enough for an insect, the occasional Grasshopper/Cricket hops in ? Kewl, Chirp away, if My ferrets pounce and munch on you? Sayonara, Protein for my babies...
LadyBugs? they're Awesome, bring Good Luck...
More than 100 on my ceiling? fuck that, especially...Especially when I'm being nice and Humanely removing them, and they let out this Astonishingly Stinky defense bomb....
Mosquitos always die horribly in my house, Those Bitches carry viruses {Only Females Suck Blood, to sustain their larvae}
Hornets, Wasps, Bees Will die a crunchy sudden Death if Indoors...Understand my point on this..I'm allergic...almost everyone that knows me in the Real World will understand my sudden Panic...
Mind u, I don't scream, Screaming only encourages the fuckers, I learned this at the tender age of 8....
I carefully just get the fuck outta dodge....if it's in the car, whoever's drivin better fuckin stop or do somethin'...Fast....:bomb:
Some Bee's{Bumblebees , for instance, Yellow Jackets} don't lose their Stingers...regular garden variety honeybee, yeah they Do....but with my Luck? I'll probably bump into a Queen or 2...


If u ever dealt with fire ants invading your small lil home, as a child, u'll sympathize with why I dont anthropomorph any insect....
I'll gladly light Citronella on my Porch, I'll use Bug Zappy light if I can afford it when Camping.
Bug's are cool, Outside my sanctuary...:sunglass:

[Arwen]

The one exception to the catch and release rule is scorpions. If a scorpion comes in the house, it's toast.

Swear to all the Gods, I alerted THREE counties every time I saw a freaking scorpion at Goofy's place. Nasty evil nasty evil NASTY EVIL f###ers.

She forgot to mention lizards. There used to be an albino gecko lizard by our front door. She doesn't like lizards. She can't even watch the Geico commercials.

True story. My ex (big bad butch PE teacher) and I are in the house in south Louisiana. We see a tiny (2" max) house gecko. We try to herd it out. It panics and flips its tail up like a scorpion and runs AT us.

Both of us leap on the bed, clutching one another screaming our heads off.

I'm sure that gecko still hauls that story out at the gecko parties.
They fly, I swear they have tail #'s and request permission to take off and land. They always seem to aim for YOU.

They are just down right NASTY!!


Palmetto bugs freak me the heck out. Even dead ones. Can' stan' em as Eliza says.

[NJFemmie]

She forgot to mention lizards. There used to be an albino gecko lizard by our front door. She doesn't like lizards. She can't even watch the Geico commercials.

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/funny-pictures-just15minutes-geico.jpg

[theoddz]

Then there's "The Moving Story" about the time my ex and I moved to Jacksonville, FL from Richmond, VA. :|

We stopped at a Comfort Inn along I-95 in South Carolina, just shy of the Georgia line. I wanted to push for Savannah, since I was driving, but my ex, who had been mortally terrified (and refused to drive) the 26 ft. Ryder truck with the auto transport (carrying my truck), was so at her wit's end that she insisted that we stop. When we first got the room, it looked really nice. The A/C didn't work too well, much to MY dismay, but the room looked clean and so we unpacked our overnight stuff and I headed for the shower. I had just stepped out of the shower when I heard Jan scream like bloody hell. I tore out into the room, naked, to see what she was screaming at, and I just caught a glimpse of a lizard with a bright red tail as it scooted across the floor. By this time, Jan's on top of the bed screaming "Get it!! Get it!! Get it!!" at me and pointing. :|

Jan didn't even want me to pull my shorts on. She wanted me to go, right away, and KILL this thing, whateveritwas. (I put a pair of shorts and a t-shirt on anyway). So, I then grab the plastic wastebasket and go seeking this thing out (read...on the hunt). There it was, trying to hide under the window air conditioner. It looked like some sort of what we used to call a "skink". It was a scaly black lizard, about 4-6 inches long, black with a bright red tail. I popped the trash can over it and start scooting the can across the floor to the door, which looked like it had an open crack of about 1 inch under it. Well, the can was a good idea.....scooting it quickly over the carpet (very low pile, btw), was not. In my haste to scoot this thing out the door, its tail got caught under the lip of the can and IT. BROKE. OFF. AND WAS TWITCHING. :|

By this time, Jan, who is from Ontario Canada (the land of little to no "strange bugs and creatures") was beyond traumatized. I scooted the now tailless lizard out the door and the broken tail behind it. No sooner had the lizard made its departure, Jan was off the bed, gathering all of our stuff up and threatening me with every heinous, hideous consequence she could pull out of her brain to threaten me with, if I didn't get us out of that damned place and into a decent, bug/lizard/creature free hotel. She wasn't kidding, either. As tired as I was, I got us out of there and down the road to Savannah. (That was her "Welcome To Dixie" initiation. :pointing:)

For several months, Jan refused to even discuss "the event" that happened to us during that move. I'm sure that, to this day, wherever she is now, she would absolutely, beyond question refuse to stay in another Comfort Inn.

The End.

~Theo~ :bouquet:

[Medusa]

I try to let them go if I can :)

[Rook]

Mind U i got nuthin against Reptiles/Amphibians in my House....
Salamanders, Lizards, Iguanas and Coquies were Regular visitors....and yes, I'd be Tickled to hear a femme Shriek, top of her Lungs...when a thumb size Coqui [tree frog, originally Native only to Puerto Rico...now a "Plague" in Hawai'i *pffft...whateva] joined her in the Tub.....I carefully took him out and tell him he's an ambitious little shit goin after MY girl...and let him out in the plants, I know it's a he, cuz males, if I understand are the only Loud Vocal ones.....
That and, they liked crunchy spiders, Pinchy Pinchy millipedes, wounded bees etc.. for Lunch, so, welcome, circle of Life and such.-s-

[Random]

I'm for peaceful co existance...

Except the blood suckers, black widows, brown recluse, and copperheads/water mocks...

I love bee's, have handled wasps, yellow jackets... I'm not alergic and I think a lil pain on my part is worth helping them out of the house..

I will try to shoo any flying thing out of the house.. even flys...

Unless you annoy me... If you annoy me, startle me, then more than likely you are dead...

I like spiders in my house and will put up with lil bites and the webs.. Until my kid come up with bites on his leg... then it's time to clean out the cobwebs and vacuum up all the lil dark spots and high spots..

Cockroaches? Water Bugs? Death on the spot and I'm doing a full clean to find out why I have them.. I will use sweet traps for you to take back to your homes...

Ants.. same thing.. find out where they are coming in and stop them..

I really do prefer to live and let live..

[Toughy]

if you scare me..........you're dead.......squished between my thumb and forefinger or my boot heel or the newspaper or nuked or dead by whatever means are at hand.......

otherwise.........if you come in my house, I will warn you....twice....the third time you be dead whether by thumb and finger or the 'nuclear option'..........

I give them a chance to go away in peace....if they don't.........shrug......a warning was given twice....

bugs/spiders/crawly things do not attempt to live in or visit my house without peril

[Toughy]

random big ass san antonio texas cockroach story:

in the army living in the barracks.....hot humid miserable ass San Antonio summer.........

laying on my bunk in t-shirt and boxers sweating like a pig.....stoned out of my mind off some really good direct from thailand 'buddha weed'....it was the Army in 1972....

I swear this is a true story...

there was this big ass dead roach laying by a locker.....well....about 12 of his buddies come in double file (it is a military post) and picked up that dead roach and caried him out the door.....

I swear on my mother it really happened and was not a function of smoking a couple of big fat joints of buddha weed prior to the incident.......

I could tell ya stories about the candy bar machines and what was in those wriggly candy bars that fell down in that slot....and none of those incidents were under the influence of any mind altering substances either........

really.........

promise......

honest.......

[Gemme]

random big ass san antonio texas cockroach story:

in the army living in the barracks.....hot humid miserable ass San Antonio summer.........

laying on my bunk in t-shirt and boxers sweating like a pig.....stoned out of my mind off some really good direct from thailand 'buddha weed'....it was the Army in 1972....

I swear this is a true story...

there was this big ass dead roach laying by a locker.....well....about 12 of his buddies come in double file (it is a military post) and picked up that dead roach and caried him out the door.....

I swear on my mother it really happened and was not a function of smoking a couple of big fat joints of buddha weed prior to the incident.......

I could tell ya stories about the candy bar machines and what was in those wriggly candy bars that fell down in that slot....and none of those incidents were under the influence of any mind altering substances either........

really.........

promise......

honest.......


No bug left behind....

[SF_Boi]

I studied Entomology for a three years, I really love bugs! They have to really get on my bad side to kill them. Right now, I can't think of a good reason to kill an insect. At dusk, I love to watch the little bat fly into the sky insearch of insects. I love what they do for my garden, I love to watch them as they go their busy way.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still trying to figure out the benificial factors of fleas and ticks!

SF_Boi

[Corkey]

Found a ladybug on the kitchen faucet, our door is open so the cat can enjoy the sunroom. I put the ladybug on some of our indoor plants. Hope it feeds well.

[Mindy]

I do not like bugs in my house. They die, except spiders. Spiders eat the bugs that do not belong there, so for the most part, I leave them alone. In Oklahoma there were these big, nasty bugs, I thought they were jumping spiders, but someone told me they were crickets. They LOOKED exactly like spiders though... I called them criders, lol (cricket/spider). Those damned things would hop after me and chase me down the hallway. I couldn't even get close enough to kill them. They are scary!!!

[PearlsNLace]

We have flease. we have done flea spray, capstar, first shield, advantage, flea collars, yard spray, 8 pounds of borox, and dawn soap.

We- the dogs and now me, anytime I sit down for a second that is, still have the damn fleas.

We have vacuumed the house. Even the hard wood floors. Thrown away dog pillows and blankets. Got rid OUR mattress.

I am loosing my mind.



Maybe I DO want a collar. A flea collar of my very own.

[Nat]

We are having the same issues down here. It's awful!

We have flease. we have done flea spray, capstar, first shield, advantage, flea collars, yard spray, 8 pounds of borox, and dawn soap.

We- the dogs and now me, anytime I sit down for a second that is, still have the damn fleas.

We have vacuumed the house. Even the hard wood floors. Thrown away dog pillows and blankets. Got rid OUR mattress.

I am loosing my mind.



Maybe I DO want a collar. A flea collar of my very own.

[Converse]

I grew up in Australia so I say if the bug isn’t big enough to put a saddle on or you can’t tell if its grimacing at you- then leave it be.

But I live in a household with 2 teenage girls and a high femme, all of whom go from being Lara Croft to chair climbing, high pitched, eye closing, arm waving, mob bosses demanding that “it” die the moment a spider crosses their path. I’ve often thought about sending a note to their math teacher, asking why the teenagers believe that something smaller than a piece of rice is actually “at least 6 inches round”.

My femme, she is a little better, but put an earwig near her, and she makes the teenagers look like bouncers at a leather bar.
:overreaction:

[Guy]

I am a big fan of catch and release.

[PearlsNLace]

A friend just told me on Facebook that she was advised by her vet that the topical flea control stuff is not working this year.
She recommended comfortis- and her dog is flea free.

Im taking a deep breath here. The money we have been spending of flea stuff has really been adding up. But as I look over at my dog, I can visably SEE the damn things crawling on him.

[Nat]

Before you spend the 90 bucks on comfortis - my two dogs are on it and they still have fleas - not as bad as before, but they aren't eliminated.

[JustJo]

A friend just told me on Facebook that she was advised by her vet that the topical flea control stuff is not working this year.
She recommended comfortis- and her dog is flea free.

Im taking a deep breath here. The money we have been spending of flea stuff has really been adding up. But as I look over at my dog, I can visably SEE the damn things crawling on him.

Before you spend the 90 bucks on comfortis - my two dogs are on it and they still have fleas - not as bad as before, but they aren't eliminated.

This may sound crazy, but find an Amway distributor in your area and buy a bottle of LOC. It's very mild, organic stuff and I've used it safely even on rescued newborns puppies and kittens.

You'll pretty much have to wash everything...and the animals daily for awhile, because it's not a pesticide. It's an organic cleaner...and a serious wetting agent...so it breaks down the little air bubble that fleas put around them to survive a bath. Basically, you're gonna drown the little buggers.

It's a pain, but it's safe, and it works...and it's not poison. (And no, I'm not an Amway distributor :giggle: )

[Converse]

A friend just told me on Facebook that she was advised by her vet that the topical flea control stuff is not working this year.
She recommended comfortis- and her dog is flea free.

Im taking a deep breath here. The money we have been spending of flea stuff has really been adding up. But as I look over at my dog, I can visably SEE the damn things crawling on him.

Does your dog surf? 5 minutes in the ocean- I'm guessing its the salt water- and no more fleas! has worked for me (and the dog) every time. Not sure what you do about ones that might already be in the house though
:shark:

[PearlsNLace]

Joxer would totally do it. Moose however, well, bless her- that 110 pound princess doesnt even like to get her paws wet on GRASS. So, no, surfing would be out for her.

Plus, the ocean is I think, at lease 6 hours away. SIGH.

I rather like the idea of THIS though..
http://www.arbico-organics.com/product/BioCare-Flea-Trap/pest-solver-guide-fleas-ticks

has anyone tried one?

[Arwen]

My vet has recommended that I do Advantage then Frontline the next month. Says the fleas are getting resistant and this will help.

[waxnrope]

with garage opener, I entered the garage as the lifted ... felt a web across my face and uttered, "eeew." then, i felt a thud on my head, and I quickly started brushing my head as I ran screaming from the garage.
I did not put the garbage out tonight :|

[dixie]

As I posted earlier today on Facebook... unknowingly walking headfirst into a spiderweb is never fun, but doing so after just applying fresh mascara is hideous!!! *shudder*

In the house, I actually don't mind those whatchamacallit granddaddy longlegs things. I usually end up showering with 2 or 3 in the corner near the ceiling. They are never a nuisance. When I was a kid my grandmother used to pick them up and let them crawl over her hands, so I did the same. OTHER spiders, however, are a different story. Anything looking even remotely "hairy" is a deal breaker. If I spot them first, I can usually "trap and release", but heaven forbid they launch a sneak attack such as dangling down a web in front of my face or dropping onto my shoulder. Then, they get smacked and flung and stomped upon.

As for outside, that's their turf. They have every right to be there, as long as they aren't building webs for me to get stuck in my mascara. *still shuddering* I do check the type of spider though, if it's close enough to the house. I live in the NC mountains, and especially since I'm in the woods we end up with a lot of brown recluse and black widow. Sadly, if I spot one of those they get the 15-ft-away-foaming-bee-spray. I love that stuff cause I can stand far enough away without getting jumped on by creepy crawlies, and also because instead of just a liquid stream that could miss, it's a nice foam that will cover and then deteriorate within seconds. It's great for those with bad aim in the face of scary monsters! LOL

All this pretty much just covers spiders. Any other type of bug doesn't rate on my scale, so they're safe....lol

And as for snakes, well... I have a really bad habit of just grabbing them up, poisonous or non... I've had a snake fascination since I was a kid. Luckily I was taught at an early age by my grandparents and great-grandma how to distinguish poisonous vs nonpoisonous native snakes, and how to properly handle them. I guess it comes from living in the mountains for so long, and with my great-grandma it probably had a lot to do with her being Cherokee and seeming to know everything about everything in nature (at least to a kid..lol). I learned to respect nature early on. We, as with every other living creature, are just playing a role in the grand scheme of things. Even the tiniest insect has a purpose...

[RockOn]

I kill all except for ladybugs, the occasional green lizard, crickets and certain kinds of beetles. I gently catch the ones I mentioned, take them outside and set them free.

I cannot stand a roach or fly in my house - they put me in super stealth commando mode until I have eliminated them. Ants just purely piss me off.

hey dixielady, I was notorious about catching snakes when I was a child too. Once I was sleeping over at a friend's house who lived in the country - think I was in third grade. Anyway, I caught a baby diamond back rattlesnake and put it in a jar. My friend and I hid it under her bed. Her big sister found out, told on me. I got in a whole lot of trouble. Reptiles have always fascinated me - especially alligators.

[The_Lady_Snow]

I only like the bugs from here:


http://planetadisney.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/a_bugs_life_4.png


These:

http://buginfo.com/assets/images/pests/600/wolf-eyes.jpg


NOT SO MUCH!!


I've learned to instead of :

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs49/f/2009/159/9/a/Flyswatter_by_Stock7000.gif


I now just:


http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs49/i/2009/228/e/4/Run_away__I__ll_attack_by_LolaCraven.jpg



So Grant can "rescue" them:


http://bedbughero.com/superhero.jpg

[MissItalianDiva]

Just the title of this thread has made me cringe..ugh. I realize they are a needed part of the ecosystem BUT in this case I am willing to jeopardize it if need be. I refuse to not have someone stomp on them

[waxnrope]

This is a confessional thread ...
I am deathly afraid of spiders. Even tiny ones. If they are outside, I give them wide berth, but do not kill them. I cannot, and I'vd tried, get newspaper and scoop them up and take them outside. I have an anxiety attack worrying that they will ... and they have ... get to my hand that is holding the paper before I get them outdoors. So, I have a designated boot :( It shames me, but that's the truth.

On the other hand, I'll pick up snakes, lizards, etc. without a second thought. Freud would've had a grand time with me :blink:

[Rockinonahigh]

Most bugsI can live with,they go back outside.Spiders..any kind.. best not enter the house..If my fur kids get to them first they have a chanch, if I do ...well..a stomp clears that problem up.

[Venus007]

My policy for when there is a spider or a bug in the house is pretty simple: if it is venomous or poisonous it dies, otherwise I just toss it outside for the lizards to deal with

[durrrrrrrr]

:blink::|


theres a thread for theo?

( see sig pic )

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[Mtn]

I prefer to relocate bugs of any kind when I can, however spiders seem to find me tasty and they are wily, so sadly, they may succumb to the boot. If they would understand that when I open the door I am suggesting they just run for their little eight legged lives, we would not have a problem, just sayin'.

[Gemme]

I only like the bugs from here:


http://planetadisney.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/a_bugs_life_4.png


These:

http://buginfo.com/assets/images/pests/600/wolf-eyes.jpg


NOT SO MUCH!!


I've learned to instead of :

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs49/f/2009/159/9/a/Flyswatter_by_Stock7000.gif


I now just:


http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs49/i/2009/228/e/4/Run_away__I__ll_attack_by_LolaCraven.jpg



So Grant can "rescue" them:


http://bedbughero.com/superhero.jpg












Those are some DAYUM big bugs.

:blink:

Now that I work in the storage industry, I don't even give them a chance. The space needs to be swept and cleaned out and done fast. If they run, good. If not, there's a push broom, a regular broom and my foot to assist in making my preference clear.

[The_Lady_Snow]

Special effect bugs work well to make visual points

[girl_dee]

Special effect bugs work well to make visual points

:blink: ..........

[Glenn]

I believe that before any living being dies, powerful forces are unleashed, and wishes, prayers, or blessings may become fulfilled, and evil destroyed. This is why the patriarcal fathers and prophets in the old testament called upon the one who was to succeed them. And likewise, if one kills an innocent being, whether it is an innocent animal, insect,or human, whether it is intended or not, evil will be destroyed. This happens by an impersonal cosmic Law. That is why in the old testament people sacrificed innocent and pure animals so sins couild be forgiven, or evil within the human could be destroyed. The more pure your life, and the better being you are, the more evil will be destryed upon your death. This destruction of evil is especially true if you are killed by evil forces themselves.When evil forces throw themselves at a good and pure Soul, the evil force becomes destroyed. This is why after I killed a million mosquitoes, I still feel them biting me and get bumps long after they are gone. I was their force of evil, and the impurity is still within me as I kill more. This is one of the reasons why Saints and Martyrs never ran from death at the hands of evil. They know that evil will be destryed for themselves and others. Like on a much grander scale of Jesus dying for the sins or bad karma of many. A pure or good Soul no matter what they believe can become like a blazing fire that burns to nothing bad karma and evil during their life and during death. Even an innocent insect, causes my mosquitoe murdering mind to blow on me when their is'nt even one around. :|

[T4Texas]

I dont like bugs. I can tolerate spiders and usually scoop them up on a piece of cardboard and take them outside. I have a jacuzzi tub that I rarely use and it becomes a spider condo on occasion which requires relocation procedures.
My favorite bug story happened when we lived at our old house. We had taken all the baseboards off to paint our kitchen and one day I was in there and saw one of those giant roachy looking palmetto bugs take a piece of dry dogfood out of the dog's dish and proceed to roll it toward the uncovered baseboard. The bug was stealing the dogfood and transporting it. After being totally amazed by this sight, I took a broom and beat the crap out of it.

[SugarLips]

In general, I don't care for bugs... I actually like spiders... I tend to go with my gut about killing/squashing anything... I know that probably sounds ridiculous, but I try to listen to my intuition as much as humanly possible even about minor, seemingly insignificant things... but then again... every choice is significant. (imo)

[dixie]

I do a lot better than before. I used to panic, especially over spiders, and would do the "fling, freak out" thing. I don't panic like I did before, and normally can leave them to go about their business, or move them outside if possible. I learn a lot of good philosophies about "live and let live" that I try to practice. I try to be a lot more observant and respectful of the environment around me. Although if a spider is on me I do still shake my shirt, because I'm not good with spider identification and worry, since we have poisonous ones here.

[Mr. Moon]

Anyone who knows me...knows my answer!

Spiders are evil beings. No live spider is a good spider. In fact there IS no good spiders. They must be pummeled and disintegrated..to dust.

:blink:

[*Anya*]

Bugs and spiders do not freak me out. I have been known to kill one but prefer not to.

That said, when I was married and we were very poor, the only place we could afford in Kensington, MD, was roach heaven. We had to turn on the light before entering a room. It was so disgusting. No matter how much I cleaned/sprayed/bugged (haha) the management, they never left. When I was close to delivering my first baby we finally moved. I just could not bring a baby into that place.

I will never ever kill Jimmny Crickett. I always put them outside even if it takes me 30 minutes to catch it.

[SoNotHer]

It's so interesting to see this thread. My queer pagan friend just posted something on her FB site about the herbs she's using to combat her cats' fleas. She wrote a lot about certain herbs she was buying, all but one of which I grow. The one I do not grow is pennyroyal, which she also wrote she liked for spiders.

Spiders symbolize language and communication, patience and the web/weaving of the world. For this alone, I would not harm them. In fact I love photographing their webs in the right light, and their webs do draw me into this symbolism every time.

As well, like bats, they are an effective and natural predator of mosquitoes, noseeums and gnats, among others. I don't use herbicides, insecticides, or any artificial or petrochemical process in my garden. So I welcome and encourage the good predators like the praying mantis, the lady bug and the spider.

[SugarLips]

Spiders are also symbols of wealth and prosperity... Especially if you see them near your doorway. :D

[Bootsandheels]

I was raised to honor all living things, and yes that included bugs. I come from a theatrical family, and it was quite the production when carrying out the offensive bug. What really mattered most to me and shaped my belief and actions today re: bugs are two separate incidents with them that I will never forget. One was when I was about 14 and I was on one my father's beloved hiking treks into the forest. We came upon a beautiful domed spider web, and my dad proceeded to smile and said "Watch this..." He then dropped a small leaf onto the web. Instantly out of nowhere the spider came and with the care of a master seamstress, cut out the offensive leaf and patched it's web within minutes. I was awed and the moment as you can see is etched into my mind. The second was 21 yrs ago when I was very depressed and leaving my husband. There was this small jumping spider that was on the top of my dresser where I was laying my head down to have a good cry. It came up to me and just stayed there...seemingly looking at me. I reached out with my fingers very slowly and it backed away at about the same speed. Very quickly I realised it was actually playing with me! It started to play this "hide and seek" kind of game-I couldn't believe it! The clincher was when it hid behind the dresser at the top back part and I thought it had run away. I stayed very still looking and finally peered over a bit to look and in that instant it JUMPED out at me!!! Neener Neener!!! Omg...I laughed my head off! That spider gave me the greatest gift of making a horrible night bearable. Do I kill spiders? HELL NO! Other bugs? Not unless I can't humanly stand it. :)

[Tawse]

For the most part I am the "relocation" expert when it comes to bugs.


There are a few of exceptions:

#1 Black Widows / Brown Recluses that are near where kids may be. Sorry, but no. I will kill them with no regret.

#2 Ants in my yard. Ants and I used to have a mutual respect, however a roving band of them got into my house once and pretty much declared war on me. Not the wife - just me. They invaded my clothes (always fun) and they invaded ONLY my side of the bed. Now I still respect ants - but I kill em if they're on my property. Bastages.

#3 Mosquitos. Hate em. Hate em to pieces.

[Toughy]

for those of you who want something not toxic to your kids and pets, you might check out this stuff that is made from red cedar trees....it kills and repeals fleas, bedbugs and is a great mosquito repellant.....way better than spraying chemicals on yourself and kids....it also will do the moth thing in your closet....

www.cedercide.com

the website is way messy.....they need a webmaster badly....you can always call them if you can't figure it out....

I love this stuff.........

[Nat]

I was raised to honor all living things, and yes that included bugs. I come from a theatrical family, and it was quite the production when carrying out the offensive bug. What really mattered most to me and shaped my belief and actions today re: bugs are two separate incidents with them that I will never forget. One was when I was about 14 and I was on one my father's beloved hiking treks into the forest. We came upon a beautiful domed spider web, and my dad proceeded to smile and said "Watch this..." He then dropped a small leaf onto the web. Instantly out of nowhere the spider came and with the care of a master seamstress, cut out the offensive leaf and patched it's web within minutes. I was awed and the moment as you can see is etched into my mind. The second was 21 yrs ago when I was very depressed and leaving my husband. There was this small jumping spider that was on the top of my dresser where I was laying my head down to have a good cry. It came up to me and just stayed there...seemingly looking at me. I reached out with my fingers very slowly and it backed away at about the same speed. Very quickly I realised it was actually playing with me! It started to play this "hide and seek" kind of game-I couldn't believe it! The clincher was when it hid behind the dresser at the top back part and I thought it had run away. I stayed very still looking and finally peered over a bit to look and in that instant it JUMPED out at me!!! Neener Neener!!! Omg...I laughed my head off! That spider gave me the greatest gift of making a horrible night bearable. Do I kill spiders? HELL NO! Other bugs? Not unless I can't humanly stand it. :)

For some reason, your post reminded me of this passage of "the god of small things"

"Even later, on the thirteen nights that followed this one, instinctively they stuck to the Small Things. The Big Things ever lurked inside. They knew that there was nowhere for them to go. They had nothing. No future. So they stuck to the small things.
They laughed at ant-bites on each other’s bottoms. At clumsy caterpillars sliding off the ends of leaves, at overturned beetles that couldn’t right themselves. At the pair of small fish that always sought Velutha out in the river and bit him. At a particularly devout praying mantis. At the minute spider who lived in a crack in the wall of the back verandah of the History House and camouflaged himself by covering his body with bits of rubbish. A sliver of wasp wing. Part of a cobweb. Dust. Leaf rot The empty thorax of a dead bee. Chappa Thamburan, Velutha called him. Lord Rubbish. One night they contributed to his wardrobe-a flake of garlic skin-and were deeply offended when he rejected it along with the rest of his armor from which he emerged-disgruntled, naked, snot-colored. As though he deplored their taste in clothes. For a few days he remained in this suicidal state of disdainful undress. The rejected shell of garbage stayed standing, like an outmoded world-view. An antiquated philosophy. Then it crumbled. Gradually Chappa Thamburan acquired a new ensemble.
Without admitting it to each other or themselves, they linked their fates, their futures (their Love, their Madness, their Hope, their Infinnate joy), to his. They checked on him every night (with growing panic as time went by) to see if he had survived the day. They fretted over his frailty. His smallness. The adequacy of his camouflage. His seemingly self-destructive pride. They grew to love his eclectic taste. His shambling dignity.
They chose him because they knew that they had to put their faith in fragility. Stick to Smallness. Each time they parted, they extracted only one small promise from each other:
Tomorrow?
Tomorrow.
They knew that things could change in a day. They were right about that.
They were wrong about Chappu Thamburan, though. He outlived Velutha. He fathered future generations.
He died of natural causes."

[Gemme]

#2 Ants in my yard. Ants and I used to have a mutual respect, however a roving band of them got into my house once and pretty much declared war on me. Not the wife - just me. They invaded my clothes (always fun) and they invaded ONLY my side of the bed. Now I still respect ants - but I kill em if they're on my property. Bastages.



Vinegar. Mix vinegar with water and spray it in the house where you see any ants.

Gone.

[kannon]

I definitely keep spiders if they are non venomous. They take care of other insects, like flies. Flies are just evil creatures. I know they serve a purpose but....

[Starbuck]

Bugs in and my house get to meet the local bug killing company. On the other hand, when I see a spider, I leave it alone because I know it's helping to kill any bugs that stray into the house.

Flies bring in disease so I kill them as soon as I can catch them.

Thankfully no problems with cockroaches!

Now I'm scared to death of bees, wasps, hornets, pretty anything tha makes a buzzing sound...I sat down on three red wasps as a kid and I've been terrified ever since! So needless to say, I wage WAR on those suckers.

[1QuirkyKiwi]

I respect all creepy-crawlies, releasing them outside or rescuing from the cats, who just love to tease and squish...... lol!

There are exceptions to this for hygiene and health reasons: Flies are a definate No-no! I become a crazed woman furiously trying to splat them, when one is stupid enough to venture into the house - I keep the Spiders in the house to dine on them, lol!

Fleas are the other - they feast on my beautiful babies and make them itch and feel uncomfortable, then I commit Pesticide! ......Hehe!

One of my friend's gets me to empty her Slug Pubs because she freaks at the sight of the slimey little critters. I dutifully glove up and empty the pots for her to re-fill for the next lot of Slug-drunks, lol!

[Bad_boi]

I prefer to put them outside if I can. I usually find them and capture them with a plastic cup and a peice of cardboard/thick paper and put them outside. I don't like killing things.

Only if the bug is one that poses a threat to my safety will I smush it in self defense. (Black widows and such)

[BugsAndKisses]

*throws hands in air* WAIT lemme just get it for you!!! Dont kill it, dont take a life jusr cus u r bigger!! I will cut you fool! :bigcry:

[Nat]

I confess - since getting the house I have killed many wasps. Then I apologize to them.

[Asari]

I only kill vermin (e.g. spider mites on my cactus).

[Graham]

Nice to see that so many folks here let the spiders go! Ever since reading Charlotte's Web as a kid, I've been releasing them too, ha ha.

I will smash a spider so damn fast....if it scares me....its OVER. I did that to a snake in my garden once I felt bad after I had chased it around the place I was getting ready to plant with the lawn mower....it scared me! Finally beat it to death with a rake and threw it out into the road to be run over.
I still feel bad for it....but man that thing scared the hell out of me.

[Rockinonahigh]

Bugs,snakes, critters and flying things have alllll the out doors to live in,my house No, not a chance..I use Anti Pest.

[Tuff Stuff]

I have this bad feeling that if reincarnation is real..i'll be reincarnated as a bug or spider..that should teach me,huh

No really,there are some bugs/insects i don't kill like ladybugs,grasshoppers,praying mantis,those are some i won't harm.

I haven't killed any bugs lately but i have killed tons of spiders,the biting ones for sure.

I have a crab spider in my bedroom,if he stays out of my way he'll live.

:popcorn:

[Breathless]

well... My only question is.. Is it going to hurt me? If no, then I either move it or leave it alone.. Spiders are awesome..like watching them actually.. Mosquitos fall in the hurt me file, so they get smacked wracked and sprayed .. House flies fall in the gross file.. Same result as previous.. Bees.. Carefully escort out the door, (did you know there is a shortage ? They are dying off in alarming rates) snakes.. Rock.. And that's my other answer. 😀

[Daniela]

I have this bad feeling that if reincarnation is real..i'll be reincarnated as a bug or spider..that should teach me,huh

No really,there are some bugs/insects i don't kill like ladybugs,grasshoppers,praying mantis,those are some i won't harm.

I haven't killed any bugs lately but i have killed tons of spiders,the biting ones for sure.

I have a crab spider in my bedroom,if he stays out of my way he'll live.

:popcorn:

If I came back as a bug, I'd probably want someone to kill me because I'd throw up every time I saw my arms and legs. :bucktooth:

[C0LLETTE]

I try not to kill anything deliberately but given there are estimated to be some 30000 living things in every square inch of dirt, I am probably a mass murderer.

[Daniela]

I try not to kill anything deliberately but given there are estimated to be some 30000 living things in every square inch of dirt, I am probably a mass murderer.

It's only murder if it was cute before you killed it. :)

[C0LLETTE]

It's only murder if it was cute before you killed it. :)
Yah but it's hard to forget that even the ugliest one had a mom that loved it.

[Gemme]

If I came back as a bug, I'd probably want someone to kill me because I'd throw up every time I saw my arms and legs. :bucktooth:

Rest easy in the knowledge that your life would be very, very short. Hours.....days,....3-6 months for a German cockroach.....a year or two for female spiders....less for male....as long as you didn't come back a cicada. Well, you'd be stuck with yourself then.

:blink:

[TruTexan]

I kill snakes, can't stand them and rarely ever do I have to but sometimes, the poisonous ones get wayyyy to close to me(like on my porch or yard).
I kill spiders and flies if they are in my apt. I can't stand the pesky things. Bees are dying off and farmers need them to pollinate for our food resources so bees are escorted out the door and shooed away off my porch. Wasps on the other hand, don't stand a chance, I'm allergic to some of them.
And Ground hornets........oh hell no.... DIE Mother fucker DIE.... crunch crunch crunch when you step on them.

[Daniela]

Rest easy in the knowledge that your life would be very, very short. Hours.....days,....3-6 months for a German cockroach.....a year or two for female spiders....less for male....as long as you didn't come back a cicada. Well, you'd be stuck with yourself then.

:blink:

3-6 months as a COCKROACH?! :watereyes: 1-2 years as a SPIDER?!?!?!?!? :crybaby:

[C0LLETTE]

3-6 months as a COCKROACH?! :watereyes: 1-2 years as a SPIDER?!?!?!?!? :crybaby:

70 to 100 years as a human being?????

[CherryWine]

This thread is highly entertaining. :lol2:

I killed a house centipede in a coworker's office the other day after hearing her have a conniption fit. Talk about oh hell no. Have y'all seen those things? They're fast, they're creepy, and supposedly they bite. Eww.

Neither of us had seen one before so we Googled "fast brown bug with a lot of legs" and it was the first thing that popped up. Haha.

[Karysma]

I used to be an avid bug/spider killer.. as in 'get someone else to do it'. However after being with my spouse-ish as long as I have I have discovered their uses and realize that they are merely out of their environment. Now I am in the 'other' category... I would get someone else to remove them from my environment and take them outside.

I have an irrational fear of bugs and spiders. I don't think there is a chance in hell that I could capture one and take it outside. I have however been known to trap one under a bowl and leave it for someone else to take out at a later date!

I know there is no danger to me. I suppose I need to work on that damn fear!

[Gemme]

3-6 months as a COCKROACH?! :watereyes: 1-2 years as a SPIDER?!?!?!?!? :crybaby:

German cockroaches. The really tiny, round, dark ones that are so hard to get rid of once you have them. Other cockroaches live different life spans as do different spiders. I should have been more specific. Black widows and the like are in the 1-2 years for a female and much less for a male because, well, they are black widows.

:mohawk:

[Smiling]

I try not to; but sometimes it's unavoidable - like the mosquito from a few nights ago. I still haven't caught that sucker, but when I do it's going down.

I hate to do it, but it broke the social contract. Now it has to pay. After I get it, I'll have to try to work in a bunch of good deeds to even out my karma.

:praying:

[Chad]

I am an environmental scientist, I like most creatures and I really like spiders. I kill scorpions inside the house because they hurt humans and the kitties. If I lived somewhere with roaches I would kill them too. I also kill fire ants. Basically if it will hurt me, my sweetheart, my family, and the kitties it has to go (inside the house).

[JDeere]

DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE if they get into the house!

No sir, no bugs in this house, I don't tolerate it!

LOL

[afrcnqueen]

I don't care for insects in any shape or form. Roaches make me Ill and my skin crawl and I will make an exception in their case by killing them...lol...everything else I grab with a napkin and take outside. People on the other hand...:bomb::lol2:

[C0LLETTE]

It's interesting that "bug and/or spider killing" is on a Religion,Spirituality,Mysticism thread....makes perfect sense to me.