Are you a bug killer or a bug saver?

[Taverner]

Poll question: Are you a bug killer or a bug saver?

Personally I kill bugs. Can't stand em. Commit genocide on any wasp nest I find, and ALWAYS let the mousquito hawk in for the night. Unfortunately he doesn't pull his fair share, so I may be looking for a new way to waste those little bastards.

[Corgigal]

1. depends on the bug

Flies, spiders and mosquitos...all die.

[GreenArrow]

8. bad luck to kill a spider...

just ask Huck Finn. UNless, of course, they are Black Widders and Recluses.

Plus, they eat flies, and skeeters.

[Taverner]

15. Or Hobo Spiders

They die DIE DIE DIE!!!!

When I was about 10 I was cleaning up in our cabin and one of the little fuckers jumped on my neck. Being terrified of spiders at that age I immidiately swatted him down, and killed him.

My dad saw the little fucker and identified him as a hobo spider. Could have put me in the hospital.

The bastards.

[GreenArrow]

17. not familiar with hobo spiders

I'll have to look those up. Maybe we don't have 'em round these parts.

Looks like these guys live out in the Northwest for the most part. Don't have 'em here in KY.

[Taverner]

20. Heres a Link and a pic

http://www.srv.net/~dkv/hobospider/

[Trigger Hippie]

2. Kill 'em all!!!!

:evilgrin:

[GreenArrow]

3. depends on the bug

Roaches die. Flies die. Ticks die. Mosquitoes die.

Everything else lives.

[kedrys]

7. And fleas. Fleas die.

Spiders live, along with darn near everything else.

[GreenArrow]

11. yep, forgot fleas

and spiders do live.

[kedrys]

24. Ants die. Ladybugs get escorted out with a flourish. n/t

[trotsky]

4. Two rules of engagement.

Inside my house: ALL MUST DIE
Outside my house: All non-predatory insects MUST DIE (Spiders, ladybugs, etc. are all welcome in my garden!)

[Blue Diadem]

18. My thoughts too!

Outside, we battle mosquitos, carpenter bees, horse flies, anything that stings and makes a nest!

I did prevent a spider from a meal of dragon fly! I pulled the dragon fly out of the web just as the spider was entering the scene. After pulling web off him, I left him on the porch. He promptly flew up towards my face..hovered a few seconds as if thanking me and then flew away.

[dhinojosa]

5. Bug saver for the most part because of balance...

If I exterminate a larger population of one insect, another class of annoying pests will dominate my home. Who knows I might even be saving my home from termites by letting many of these insects live.

[hobbit709]

6. We've got

about a 100 geckos living in/around our house. Since they showed up about 7 years ago, no roaches, no carpenter ants, no little piss ants, and even no more fire ants. Every now and then I find the empty egg shells where babies have hatched out. We don't spray any poison and let the little(some big and fat) lizards eat the bugs.

[dhinojosa]

9. GR8 idea....

although it sounds like the geckos idea. :)

[Left Is Write]

13. Oh, yeah. Ants. Ants have to go too, if they're in the house.

[tigereye]

23. where do you live?

doubt there are any geckos here in Pittsburgh. I much prefer natural bug control ( like birds) to any chemicals. And I try not to kill spiders, unless I can't move them outside.

[hobbit709]

27. It gets too cold

for them there. I live in South Austin, which is not to be confused with north Austin. We consider anything on the other side of the river south Dallas.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

10. I commit drive-bys on bees' nests.

I was mowing the lawn one time, when I realized that there was a huge bees' nest in a bush along my path. So I drove the mower back into the garage, grabbed myself some matches and a can of WD40. Little fuckers didn't stand a chance!!

[Left Is Write]

12. Depends. Centipedes have to go, along with wasps and mosquitoes.

And I swat houseflies.

I don't generally kill spiders, because it's good to have them around to eat the OTHER little creeps I DON'T want around.

Dragonflies, butterflies, ladybugs, grasshoppers, caterpillars - I leave them alone.

[TX-RAT]

14. If it's a spider, it's history

[Catherine Vincent]

16. If they're in my house, I zap them.

When they are outside, I leave them alone. Except slugs. I put salt on them. Yuck!

[DinahMoeHum]

19. I make an exception for ladybugs. They're beneficial. . .

so they can stay.


:evilgrin:

[RebelOne]

21. I'm an animal rights advocate, but

I draw the line when it comes to bug. I kill them all. Raid is my friend.

[wideopen]

22. Live and let live

A few bug running around the house doesn't bother me. I kill wasps, questionable spiders, and flies but beyond that leave them alone unless they are annoying me. Some spiders I'll actually move into the house or garage.

[Redstone]

25. Here's your answer:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3454725&mesg_id=3454972

Andif you read this, you'll understand why: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3454725&mesg_id=3455110

Redstone

[bertha katzenengel]

26. I'll kill wasps & such (but not bees), roaches, and ant infestastions.

But spiders, moths, beetles, etc., get saved. That is, if the cats don't get to them first.

[kick-ass-bob]

28. Parasitic bugs die.

And spiders in the house. If you heard my daughter scream, you would kill them too, rather than try to catch it.

Oh, and ants in the house die. Those fuckers take over my kitchen.
:grr: