Philosophy on Bug- and/or Spider-Killing

[Sachita]

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

[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!!




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



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.

[Miss Scarlett]

Originally Posted by 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!!




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



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.

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....
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...

[Arwen]

Originally Posted by MsDemeanor

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.

Originally Posted by EzeeTiger

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.

Originally Posted by Ms. Tabitha

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.