I'm always really hesitant to kill insects, and while it could be that I'm actually afraid of them, I was just wondering if anyone considered it wrong to kill insects or spiders...
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Killing Insects?
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If there's a spider or something on my wall, the first course of action I take is the ol' glass and newspaper trick. Put the glass over said spider, newspaper under the glass, and toss it outside. I pulled a hobo spider (think: brown recluse) off my wall once in this fashion when it would have probably been more proper to blow it to smithereens with my shotgun. I only kill insects if they're about to bite or sting me. If they're not, I just remove 'em.
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psychedelicist
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Jainism is a vedic religion centered around not harming ANY living thing, whether it's insects, any other animal, or even plants. They never walk with shoes on grass or do anything that might even uproot grass or plants. They usually live by eating what's already died, a lot of times the more hardcore ones will not be able to find anything to eat and die.
It's a little extreme, but it's the only kind of 'nonviolence for animals' that I can comprehend. The PETA, for example, only really cares about cute fuzzy animals, you'd be hard pressed to find a PETA member willing to defend bugs from being stepped on. Unless you're a jainist (or at least someone who doesn't harm any kind of animal, you probably don't have to go as far as not killing plants) I don't really pay attention to you if you ask me not to kill other animals.
It's a little extreme, but it's the only kind of 'nonviolence for animals' that I can comprehend. The PETA, for example, only really cares about cute fuzzy animals, you'd be hard pressed to find a PETA member willing to defend bugs from being stepped on. Unless you're a jainist (or at least someone who doesn't harm any kind of animal, you probably don't have to go as far as not killing plants) I don't really pay attention to you if you ask me not to kill other animals.
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Jacob4Jesus
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I generally don't kill them unless they are sucking my blood. I even felt guilty once killing a bee after it stung me.
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I think it's fine. I mean, there are billions of them, more than humans and they reproduce almost constantly as a whole. There needs to be a few killed ones to keep the population in check.
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Harlan Norris
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I often think it's unnecessary,but not necessarily wrong. I one has a house full of flies for instance,I say swat em.
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Exhausted said:
Join me and together we shall wipe them off of the planet.
I smashed a spider today.
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AFallingStar said:
I usually try to use compassion and scoop them up and throw them outside...but the second one of those suckers jumps off the paper, then they're fair game to my shoe! I can't see them going extinct too soon..
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Jacob4Jesus said:
Why feel guilty. The bee was gonna die a slow death anyway. You just put it out of it's misery.
I tend to squash em. It's my first reaction. Although, lately I've been using the glass and paper method. It's less messy.
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It's fun to suck flies up with the vacuum especially when they're lethargic.
Got a problem with killing flies? Watch what they land on when they're outside then you'll see why it's bad to let them live to get near your food.
Got a problem with killing flies? Watch what they land on when they're outside then you'll see why it's bad to let them live to get near your food.
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AFallingStar said:
I wouldn't worry too overly much. They don't really have the nervous system capability to be able to suffer in any real sense.
I don't like killing spiders myself because I'm convinced, in a completely irrational manner, that the Big Mamma Spider is going to show up to take revenge some day.
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I kill insects on a regular basis in my work and for my classes. They either drown in 95% ethanol or suffocate in a kill jar loaded with ethyl acetate. I then display their tiny corpses in an aesthetically pleasing manner.
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I love bugs, and my formerly crippling fear of spiders has waned over the past few years. I think pink toe tarantulas are cute, even. I mean come on... pink toes!
That said, I only kill things like spiders that can bite if stepped on. If beetles or anything get in the house I take them outside, or keep them as pets for a while. I currently have a boxelder bug in a cup, haha.
Now, house centipedes. Those are icky. I still hate to kill them because they eat other bugs, but oh man are they hideous.
I dare anyone who's afraid of spiders to do a google image search for "clockspider".
That said, I only kill things like spiders that can bite if stepped on. If beetles or anything get in the house I take them outside, or keep them as pets for a while. I currently have a boxelder bug in a cup, haha.
Now, house centipedes. Those are icky. I still hate to kill them because they eat other bugs, but oh man are they hideous.
I dare anyone who's afraid of spiders to do a google image search for "clockspider".
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well i really dont like killing insects because they are living beings too . i dont even like killing mosquitoes . i mean my blood is their food , they cant help biting me . thats how they were made to be . lol maybe am wierd . i prefer to swat them away rather than kill them
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It's worth mentioning that most smaller spiders will die if you throw them outside. They're called house spiders for a reason.
Myself, I don't particularly like to kill bugs, but I do it if they're the kind that bite and they're inside my house. Or if they're the kind that get into food, etc. Spiders I never kill.
Myself, I don't particularly like to kill bugs, but I do it if they're the kind that bite and they're inside my house. Or if they're the kind that get into food, etc. Spiders I never kill.
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