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Does anyone here avoid killing bugs?
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paperboywriter
Member
Yes.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
After my mother passed, I didn't wanna kill anything. Even now I try to avoid it if possible.
LookAtMeGo
Member
I try to do my best to respect all living things. But if I feel like it might pose any kind of threat then my primal instincts kick in and it goes smoosh.
I do free their spirits after with a prayer so they dont haunt my dreams.
I do free their spirits after with a prayer so they dont haunt my dreams.
TheCthultist
Member
Certain bugs, totally.
Spiders, bees (but fuck wasps and hornets), and mantises get a free pass any time I see them inside. The bee's are typically right at a window anyway, so I just let them out. The spiders can stay wherever they feel like; haven't been bitten yet and they're awesome to have around during mosquito weather. Mantises I typically just bring back out to the woods/garden; too afraid I might accidentally kill it if its just wandering around inside.
Ants get killed... Plain and simple. Had a carpenter ant infestation at the appartment I grew up in that left some real bad blood between me and ants. Don't feel like taking the chance again; but even still I prefer to use traps rather than just go around crushing them.
Anything else I'll typically try to let out, but if they won't go that's on them...
Spiders, bees (but fuck wasps and hornets), and mantises get a free pass any time I see them inside. The bee's are typically right at a window anyway, so I just let them out. The spiders can stay wherever they feel like; haven't been bitten yet and they're awesome to have around during mosquito weather. Mantises I typically just bring back out to the woods/garden; too afraid I might accidentally kill it if its just wandering around inside.
Ants get killed... Plain and simple. Had a carpenter ant infestation at the appartment I grew up in that left some real bad blood between me and ants. Don't feel like taking the chance again; but even still I prefer to use traps rather than just go around crushing them.
Anything else I'll typically try to let out, but if they won't go that's on them...
This is me unless the spider invades my space like putting a web in the shower
Yeah, for sure. Bugs are gonna bug. They've got their own ecosystem and it's not my place to fuck with it.
If I'm seeing anything abnormal, or in unusual quantities, it's probably my fault for leaving food laying around or not cleaning well enough. Can't fault the little guys for taking the shot of I'm the one giving it to them.
If I'm seeing anything abnormal, or in unusual quantities, it's probably my fault for leaving food laying around or not cleaning well enough. Can't fault the little guys for taking the shot of I'm the one giving it to them.
I avoid it as my whole body gets goosebumps when I hear or feel the shell crack. I can't stand that noise but when I feel it while stepping on one I could start vomiting anytime.
Fucking disgusting.
But other than that I try to save those fuckers especially spiders. Only mosquitoes I kill because these assholes attack me.
Fucking disgusting.
But other than that I try to save those fuckers especially spiders. Only mosquitoes I kill because these assholes attack me.
NullPointer
Member
Depends upon the bug.
Daddy long-legs are fine if they don't get too expansionist. A rare beetle is OK to do its thing. Everything else needs to GTFO within a pretty reasonable probation period or else gets squashed.
Mosquitos have earned nothing but seething hatred. As an insomniac, getting to sleep can be tough, and I'm easy to wake up -- the worst possible sound is that fucking mosquito buzz in the ears -- wakes me up, sends me on a single-minded hunter-killer program until the thing is dead, and then I'm awake for the next few hours. If I could wipe out the whole damn species I wouldn't have to think twice.
No roaches or ants ever at my place luckily, otherwise there would be war.
Daddy long-legs are fine if they don't get too expansionist. A rare beetle is OK to do its thing. Everything else needs to GTFO within a pretty reasonable probation period or else gets squashed.
Mosquitos have earned nothing but seething hatred. As an insomniac, getting to sleep can be tough, and I'm easy to wake up -- the worst possible sound is that fucking mosquito buzz in the ears -- wakes me up, sends me on a single-minded hunter-killer program until the thing is dead, and then I'm awake for the next few hours. If I could wipe out the whole damn species I wouldn't have to think twice.
No roaches or ants ever at my place luckily, otherwise there would be war.
Another one!? Christ. Did you go all hazmat suit again?
LookAtMeGo
Member
This is why Trump won.
Generally, yeah, I try to avoid killing bugs.
Except fruit flies. Fruit flies infested a banana plant I'm raising. Fruit flies are the enemy. They didn't care about the layer of sand I added (since removed). They didn't care about the apple cider vinegar/dishsoap trap I set out (the outside ones, anyways; the flies inside the house dove right in). Sprinkling cinnamon around the plant worked for a little while, but it seemed like I'd've had to keep reapplying every day for it to stay effective and I didn't want to use that much cinnamon. So then I had to drive them insane with neem oil. They forced me to.
They're gone now.
Except fruit flies. Fruit flies infested a banana plant I'm raising. Fruit flies are the enemy. They didn't care about the layer of sand I added (since removed). They didn't care about the apple cider vinegar/dishsoap trap I set out (the outside ones, anyways; the flies inside the house dove right in). Sprinkling cinnamon around the plant worked for a little while, but it seemed like I'd've had to keep reapplying every day for it to stay effective and I didn't want to use that much cinnamon. So then I had to drive them insane with neem oil. They forced me to.
They're gone now.
pigeon interrupted
Member
Bugs: no, never. Humans on the other hand...
I once rescued a gnat from my glass of water and dried it out on my finger tip by blowing on it for half an hour. I felt awesome when it flew away. Must be what doctors feel like 
Ladybugs, yes. Flies only if close enough to a door or window, won't go out of my way for them. I occasionally ignored spiders, but now lean toward killing them on sight ever since one bit me. These are indoor policies, and even then, I prefer to never see anything around to kill anyway.
If outside, then I conclude that they have just as much place being there as I do.
If outside, then I conclude that they have just as much place being there as I do.
InterMusketeer
Member
I always try to catch them and bring 'em outside.
How high would a wall need to be so bugs can't fly over it
Jaguar Victory
Member
LookAtMeGo
Member
About 3600 ft
Westbahnhof
Banned
Really depends on the bug.
Mosquitos die when I can kill them.
Wasps die if they don't stop messing with me.
Most bugs throw away their life by entering my room (flies, I usually just shoo outside)
Bees are my friends and I often have to stop myself from petting them when watching flowers.
Mosquitos die when I can kill them.
Wasps die if they don't stop messing with me.
Most bugs throw away their life by entering my room (flies, I usually just shoo outside)
Bees are my friends and I often have to stop myself from petting them when watching flowers.
I once killed a particularly annoying wasp by boiling a liter of water, then throwing it over that little freak. Any means necessary.
RumblingRosco
Member
I avoid killing them when possible. If I'm outside and see a line of ants for example, I'll step over them. If I see a bug in my house, I'll catch it and release it outside if it's catchable, but if it's a very fast or hard to catch bug I'll kill it. I don't like bugs in my house, so they gotta go one way or the other, so if they're slower they can be set free
Oh, but I aggressively purge wasp nests in my yard/around my home, and mosquitoes get insta-swatted.
Oh, but I aggressively purge wasp nests in my yard/around my home, and mosquitoes get insta-swatted.
LostCaress
Member
I try to avoid killing them, yes. Unless it's a mosquito waking me up in the middle of the night.
Yep. The older I have gotten and the more I realize what life really is in the grand scale of the universe, your life doesn't matter any more than the spider you are killing. So I have been capturing and releasing bugs outside. Even a massive 3" spider jsut a few weeks ago that I won't lie I was a bit afraid to approach. Covered it with a plastic mug and then a paper underneath and took it outside. Why kill when I don't have to. I take no joy in killing anything else.
Fox Mulder
Member
I'll take big spiders outside, why not.
I smash moths after having one fly in my ear.
I smash moths after having one fly in my ear.
BlackRainbowFT
Member
I rescue ladybugs (European) and bees... everything else I murder with gleeful abandon.
I got me one of them overpowered 4000 volts bug rackets and I'm probably the Roger Federer of bug extermination.
I got me one of them overpowered 4000 volts bug rackets and I'm probably the Roger Federer of bug extermination.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
I try to save every bug except for crickets when they get in my house. If they didn't make constant annoying noise they could stay too.
DieNgamers
Member
I 100% try to avoid it. Makes life a little harder but ultimately it feels good. <3