Do you feel bad about killing bugs/insects?

[puckluck]

There is a moth in my room and they creep me the heck out, and I won't sleep with it being in my room. I've tried getting it to leave, but it just won't fly out of the room.

So that leads me to the question

"do you feel bad about killing bugs/insects"?

I don't like killing any bugs or insects unless it's a mosquito or a bee...

[MaDMaN_26]

I catch bees and wasps and spiders (not technically a bug I know) and release them, all other bugs are dead... I have a bug zapper I turn on in my living room if I leave my patio door open during the day (after I close the door and want to make sure they are all dead before bed)

[Cain]

I wouldn't kill a bee.

Any other insect is fair game. Wasps/hornets especially, nasty buggers.

[Devils'Advocate]

I'm not exactly sure why the Canadian senate needed to know this information:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/37/2/parlbus/c...e/shelly-e.htm

But for that reason, I have no problem killing bugs that are annoying me. Mosquitos trying to bite me, ants destroying my garden, etc.. Moths and spiders I'll attempt to toss outside. But I have no moral objection to killing insects based on their inability to experience even the most basest form of suffering.

Now, that report says that the evidence is most robust for insects, but may extend to creatures like lobster. That "may extend" means that as a vegetarian, I won't eat lobster until their is concrete evidence that they cannot suffer pain.

[jazzman172]

As with the some of the previous posters, I try to 'catch and release' the beneficial critters like spiders or bees. Wasps and mosquitoes get a live and let live treatment, unless they bite me.

[BlackEleven]

Anything that bites me deserves to die. And add flies to that list as well. The rest I leave alone. Especially spiders since they catch other bugs for me.

[Flames89]

Anything that invades my house does at their own peril. My house.

[speede5]

Kill em all. There's lots more where they came from. I don't hesitate to kill any and all bugs. Same with rodents. First time I smashed a mouse I felt a little weird but they are such a nuisance I can even squish the babies without remorse.

Gophers make great target practice too.

[CaptainCrunch]

Sky Marshal Dienes: We must meet this threat with our courage, our valor, indeed with our very lives to ensure that human civilization, not insect, dominates this galaxy *now and always*!



Carl: We thought there might be a Brain Bug on 'P'.
Carmen: You knew and still you sent them?
Carl: We couldn't afford to launch an operation if there wasn't one.
[both Carmen and Johnny look at Carl with contempt]
Carl: You disapprove? Well, too bad! We're in this war for the species, boys and girls. It's simple numbers. They have more. And every day I have to make decisions that send hundreds of people like you to their deaths.

[alltherage]

First off, amazing thread. I kill any bug that enters my house other than bees and butterflies. Bees are good for flowers and rarely sting in my experience. Butterflies are just nice harmless little guys from what I know.

Moths? Gross. Spiders? Wife hates them. Wasps? I'm part of a coalition of men who love beer and are against wasps.

[Jimmy Stang]

If something is biting or trying to bite me, it is done. Anything else I'll try and deal with humanely. Bees and spiders in particular. I wouldn't say that I'm comfortable with them around me, but they do some good things and I'll do my best to relocate them.

I have some bees living under my porch, and last summer while I was out there painting we got along quite nicely. They were going in and out all day, and I was just doing my painting. No problem.

[Muta]

Originally Posted by jazzman172

As with the some of the previous posters, I try to 'catch and release' the beneficial critters like spiders or bees. Wasps and mosquitoes get a live and let live treatment, unless they bite me.

Hmm... sounds like the Canadian justice system.

[Madman]

Agree on the bees and butterflies get a free pass - and I'll add ladybugs to that list as well.

[PowerPlayoffs06]

I try not to kill anything. Even mosquitoes I try and just shoo away before they bite me and blow or brush them off if they do get me.

[Cowperson]

Depends how squishy they are.

Small squishy plus annoying and biting - like mosquitoes - are good to kill.

Big squishy means I'm reluctant because of the gross factor but a wasp comes on the radar because I'm hyper-allergic to them and they can kill me . . . . so I'll kill them if I have to.

Everybody else is pretty safe. I'll even take a shuffle step to avoid an ant.

Cowperson

[dubc80]

I don't go out of my way to kill bugs or insects but when they come try to bite me, it's open season.

Except spiders. They are dead meat as soon as I see them. If I see one in the house, I try to catch it, keep it alive and dump it into the toilet then piss on it while it is still alive.

[temple5]

No - survival of the fittest.

[AvsJerk]

Spiders are allowed in my house as long as they stay in a corner and contribute by killing pests...as soon they start slacking, over-populating, or building cathedral like webs I give 'em the boot. Any other pest is not welcome inside...if they mind their own business outside, I leave them alone.

[Russic]

Bugs that kill other bugs get a pass for the most part. I'll try to release spiders so that they may do my bidding outside. Bees also provide a pretty strong benefit, so I'll leave them be (ya that's right, I did it). Beyond that I'm pretty indiscriminate.

[CaptainCrunch]

Its us or them people, get your priorities straight

http://www.cracked.com/article_15816...-in-world.html