Do you kill bugs?

[Goathead]

I try not to when it is at all possible. Scoop them into a cup, cover with magazine, walk outside and release. Bugs that I have no tolerance for however are the following:

1.) Cockroaches, you must eliminate them or they will take over
2.) Fleas, they bite, and leave nasty welts.
3.) Mosquitoes, they bite
4.) Flies, they are filthy and spread their maggots all over the garbage if not taken out

Those are pretty much the only bugs that I will kill on contact. I don't have a problem with spiders although technically not a bug, I find them to be beneficial, crickets are O.K., I catch and release them as well. Bees and wasp I don't have a problem with because I am not allergic to their stings and they pretty much mind their own business if you don't bother them.

[Neoma]

1. i kill every bug in the house

[bigwillq]

2. No

I have killed some flies, mosquitoes but most of the time if a bug is in the house, I scoop it up with a napkin and bring them outside.

[Bouncy Ball]

3. Every single bug I see

if given half a chance I will kill it then curse all of its children and grandchildren and tell it I hope it rots in bug hell.

[MrSlayer]

4. I don't kill spiders or praying mantis.

Ladybugs I'll let live too. Everything else must die.

[Cush]

22. killing a Mantis will get you a fine, (at least here in VA)

is it like that everywhere? Although, I'm not sure if that law is still around

[MrSlayer]

27. I've always heard it was a 500 dollar fine...

But if it's true or urban legend I don't know.

[skygazer]

5. I don't kill them outdoors

But I do kill them in my house. It's MY house, you damn bugs! :spank:

[Goathead]

7. That would be quite a monumental task!

To kill every bug that you see outside of your house!:nuke:

[skygazer]

12. Well, what I meant was

I don't have a bug zapper or anything.

[Osamasux]

6. I used to put spiders outside

Enough years of doing that and it finally got completely ridiculous. I had to change the policy. Termination, by hand and foot, has commenced.

[Jack_Dawson]

9. Nice going, Saddam

j/k

:beer:

[notadmblnd]

10. if you can, vacuum the ceiling in your basement

this will cut down on the spider population immensely.

[Osamasux]

18. I'll give that a try, thanks.

[hickman1937]

25. I stopped killing spiders

I think I'm the only one in my condo building that doesn't have a problem with ants april thru october. I can live with the spiders, their shy. Ants I can't stand. Their like fundies. One shows up and bang, you got a takeover.

[Osamasux]

29. I'm not talking a few spiders.

I'm talking Addams Family style. I get lots inside, different varieties, with webs all over the place.

Then a few huge ones outside with abdomens the size of milkduds. I'm not talking about the legs, just the bodies. They'll hide from the birds all day, and they can rebuild a four foot diameter web in only one night. Outside I leave them alone except when they build a web in the garage entrance or the doorway.

Part of the price for living in the woods.

[notadmblnd]

8. I can't stand roaches or flies

but I hear maggots may or do have medicinal purposes but I'm not gonna breed them in my house. Spiders are good, I always leave them go.

Mosquitoes aren't gross just a pain in the butt. So I encourage the bat population around my home so most of the time they're tolerable. Bees are good wasps are bad. Wasps will wipe out a honeybee population pretty quick and I have fruit trees that need to be pollinated so I destroy wasps nests.

Other than that, I'm ok with bugs.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. I use Bacillus thuringiensis israeliensis for mosquitoes.

I also use frontline on my pets. Other than that I don't kill bugs. If they are in the house and shouldn't be I use catch and release. I organic garden so I have lots of lizards, toads, frogs, snakes (harmless ones) and beneficial insects going on outside that keep the bad bug population at bay.

I know, I'm weird. :shrug:

[name not needed]

13. Every one I see

[baba]

14. Fleas and cockroaches, yes.

Spiders, no. Spiders are beneficial. Plus, it is supposedly bad luck to kill a spider.

[Goathead]

15. Crickets are lucky too

[Malva Zebrina]

16. I have the cutest bunch of ladybugs in my house

and I never kill them. After a time, they will find their way to the plant room. Today, I found one on my sewing project.

I don't kill spiders either.

I swat flies because they attack me and the computer screen.

and, I swat mosquitoes, although I have some compassion for them.

I don't kill bees or swat at them. If left alone, they will not sting just for the heck of it.

We have a string of mouse traps up in the attic, and I don't want them in my house. I cannot bear to see the dead mice in the trap, so my husband takes care of it.

It seems to be an every winter thing and once we trapped a dozen of them up in the attic. We also trapped four flying squirrels that infiltrated the attic, but used a have a heart trap then drove them far away and released them into the woods to do what they should be doing in nature and not in the house. They can be destructive but are also endangered.

[Osamasux]

17. I get a ton of ladybugs on the bathroom skylights in early spring

They must hatch in the attic or insulation. I try to catch as many as possible and put them outside quickly. They love the light in there, but there's no food. If I don't get them outside, they drop pretty quickly.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

19. Mice can be a dangerous pest, not to mention destructive.

They can carry hanta virus. It's usually the deer mice that carry it (pretty common mouse), and I don't blame you for trapping mice in the attic. I would do the same thing!

[aQuArius]

20. I kill ANTS like shrub kills iraqi civilians

One night this summer, I found my kids had dropped cheerios behind the couch and I went on a killing spree to "smoke 'em out". I RAIDed them and said "Die Die, DIE!"

[htuttle]

21. I made a deal with the bugs

If I don't see them, I refrain from using chemical weapons.

When I see the occasional 'lone wolf' (or 'deadender bug'), I make them flat.

Otherwise, we just try to stay out of each other's way.

[jellybelly]

23. I don't have to kill bugs

I don't have bugs, I actually like cleaning my house.:shrug:

[City Lights]

24. I always kill scorpions.

I also kill some spiders, all flies, and the occasional creepy-crawly thing I can't identify. My cats usually do the dirty work though, and most often I find them already dead or partially eaten.

[Goathead]

26. That reminds me...

I do kill centipedes. The ones around here are huge, they have really weird colors, they look like little aliens. Their sting is hideous and painful.

[City Lights]

28. And that reminds me...

My husband was working late one night (home office) and needed a catnap, so he stretched out on the floor for a few minutes. He was startled awake by the bite of a centipede. He was wearing shorts, and it crawled inside, and was heading toward the family jewels. It got him on the inner thigh. Ever since then, centipedes that make their way into this house end up not just dead, but splattered. :evilgrin:

[Goathead]

30. Please don't use "centipede" and "family jewels" in the same sentence

:scared:<<<CRINGE!>>> :scared:

[City Lights]

33. LOL!

:scared: indeed, which is why they *splatter* in our house. The rubber mallet is always loaded. :D

[donheld]

31. If they are in my house then they get it

[Goathead]

34. Cant ya see?

You are just blowing more holes in the wall the bugs can crawl through!

[BlueHandDuo]

32. Yes, but no more than I can eat.

I had to say that.

Sorry.

[Cobalt Violet]

35. I kill.

Only mosquitoes that land on me or someone else, ticks, fleas, and roaches.

I don't kill any other bug intentionally.

[laheina]

36. Side question: Moths

How can I get rid of moths without stinking up my closet/clothes? I *so* do not want to smell like moth balls, and I took my sweaters out of storage to find out several of the more expensive ones have been eaten!!

[Goathead]

38. I'm pretty sure there is an organic/Earth friendly method

I just can't remember what it is right now:shrug:

[laheina]

40. I'll have to look into it.

sigh. They ate my powder pink angora sweater and cardigan.:(

[Gemini Cat]

41. Lavender

gets rid of moths.

[shawmut]

37. I Try Not To.

I recently chased a moth around just so I could catch it and bring it outside.


Spiders and bees are a different story ...

[Skittles]

39. no

whenever possible I scoop 'em up and toss 'em outside. Fleas, freaking forget it, anything that hurts me goes bye bye INSTANTLY

[Lost147]

42. hehe funny story

okay, for some reason all the bugs head up into the top of my barn when the cold weather starts to come through. They never find they're way back and all end up dead in the far right corner. I mean there are hundreds of these things. I keep some of the really cool and rare ones but most of them are just flies and ladybugs. Every week or so I have to go up with a vacuum cleaner and suck them all up. It's really really funny, it's like the Amnityville movie.