Do you mercy-kill insects when you damage them?

[dug777]

Like stepping on an ant accidentally, and just crippling it, do you then finish it off with a swift stomp?

i do

 

[Wapp]

I do because they might be playing possum.

 

[733SHiFTY]

usually I dont notice when I step on ants, but when I intentionally kill a bug, I try to make it as quick as possible.

 

[lancestorm]

I do.

But my father as a kid used to take daddy longleggers and pull off all of their legs and leave them to die! :Q

 

[notfred]

People who watch the ground when they walk, trying to notice if they accidentally step on any ants, might have some mental issues.

 

[meltdown75]

i guess if i injured him, i would.

my mercy with insects is unparalleled for some reason. just the other day i saw a JUNEBUG stuck in a spider's web, so i gently released him and let him fly away to live out the rest of his ~24-hour life span in peace.

a couple years ago, about a week after we moved into our new house, i'm getting ready for work and i almost step on a HUGE praying mantis that's sitting on my living room floor. i swept that cool guy into a dust pan and released him in the flower bed. he was like, "man, you're awesome," and i says, "hey, you just keep your chin up and take er easy."

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: notfred
People who watch the ground when they walk, trying to notice if they accidentally step on any ants, might have some mental issues.

this is somewhat true. :laugh: sorry Dugster!! hahah

 

[biostud]

they taste better when there still twitching.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: notfred
People who watch the ground when they walk, trying to notice if they accidentally step on any ants, might have some mental issues.

this is somewhat true. :laugh: sorry Dugster!! hahah

i parked the ute with a rear wheel on an ants nest on the farm a while back, then did a huge burnout on it Almost got so bogged in it that i had to engage the 4wd to get out

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: biostud
they taste better when there still twitching.

*throws up breakfast*

im deathly scared of spiders, so if I can manage to kill one after fiunishing screaming hysterically like a girl, running around in circles and running away to a high place, thenm manage to get myself together, grab a really really long shoe(not my own of course), and gobs of paper towl, and then find him and get the nerve up to get close enough and actually hit him then yes.......




im not as much as a girl as it sounds...we have wolf spiders around here...big 3 inch hairy ones that can fing jump around to as much as 4 feet in the air if they get spooked or they are hunting or what not........


blahhhhh im itching like crazy now

 

[Saint Nick]

whenever i see a bug that pisses me off (specifically bees), i knock them to the ground and then i obliterate them by slamming my foot down upon their damaged bodies and then dragging my foot back to smear them all over the sidewalk.

stupid pieces of shit.

 

[imported_LoKe]

A dying insect just looks digusting. -,-
You have to kill it, it's only fair.

Oh, once I stepped on an ant, and another ant came by and picked him up. They stretched out and made one long super ant. WTF?

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: LoKe
A dying insect just looks digusting. -,-
You have to kill it, it's only fair.

Oh, once I stepped on an ant, and another ant came by and picked him up. They stretched out and made one long super ant. WTF?

they get by with a little help from their friends. aha

 

[DnetMHZ]

Accidentally stepping on an ant would imply that I was trying to avoid stepping on them in the first place.

 

[loic2003]

I just give them to one of my carnivorous plants. They need to still be alive and moving otherwise the plant won't eat it.

Great times...

 

[eplebnista]

Yes

 

[Landroval]

I try very hard to to kill anything

 

[91TTZ]

lol

 

[Mrvile]

People who hit bugs, even accidentally, in the first place should burn in Hell. :|

Actually I accidentally nailed a lightning bug today with my tennis racquet and I felt pretty bad

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: LoKe
A dying insect just looks digusting. -,-
You have to kill it, it's only fair.

Oh, once I stepped on an ant, and another ant came by and picked him up. They stretched out and made one long super ant. WTF?

Taking it back to the nest to feed the Queen ant....waste not want not.

 

[imported_LoKe]

It wasn't just carrying it. They attached themselves and both started walking. So strange...

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: LoKe
It wasn't just carrying it. They attached themselves and both started walking. So strange...

:Q

 

[Landroval]

I've seen insects recover from some pretty nasty injuries. It amazes me to see a crumpled up ant wriggle around and then walk off.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i guess if i injured him, i would.

my mercy with insects is unparalleled for some reason. just the other day i saw a JUNEBUG stuck in a spider's web, so i gently released him and let him fly away to live out the rest of his ~24-hour life span in peace.

a couple years ago, about a week after we moved into our new house, i'm getting ready for work and i almost step on a HUGE praying mantis that's sitting on my living room floor. i swept that cool guy into a dust pan and released him in the flower bed. he was like, "man, you're awesome," and i says, "hey, you just keep your chin up and take er easy."

I'm about the same way, drives my wife insane when I trap the spiders and let them back outside.

Her: Its just going to come back in.

Me: No its going to hang around outside and eat all the smaller bugs, its the way of nature.

Her: Great so its going to be a damn bit bigger and stronger when it comes inside again.

Me: NO, its going to enjoy the fertile feeding ground of its natural environment. It was sadly mislead by it's spider friends thinking there was good bug eating to be had in our shower.

Her: KILL THE FSCKING SPIDER....NOW!

Me: I trap the spider and let it outside.

Her: Asshole!

Me: Hmmmm, guess that makes you Mrs. Asshole.

Her: I hate you

Me: Promise?

It goes on and on.

 

[Landroval]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i guess if i injured him, i would.

my mercy with insects is unparalleled for some reason. just the other day i saw a JUNEBUG stuck in a spider's web, so i gently released him and let him fly away to live out the rest of his ~24-hour life span in peace.

a couple years ago, about a week after we moved into our new house, i'm getting ready for work and i almost step on a HUGE praying mantis that's sitting on my living room floor. i swept that cool guy into a dust pan and released him in the flower bed. he was like, "man, you're awesome," and i says, "hey, you just keep your chin up and take er easy."

I'm about the same way, drives my wife insane when I trap the spiders and let them back outside.

Her: Its just going to come back in.

Me: No its going to hang around outside and eat all the smaller bugs, its the way of nature.

Her: Great so its going to be a damn bit bigger and stronger when it comes inside again.

Me: NO, its going to enjoy the fertile feeding ground of its natural environment. It was sadly mislead by it's spider friends thinking there was good bug eating to be had in our shower.

Her: KILL THE FSCKING SPIDER....NOW!

Me: I trap the spider and let it outside.

Her: Asshole!

Me: Hmmmm, guess that makes you Mrs. Asshole.

Her: I hate you

Me: Promise?

It goes on and on.

Glad you do this. We always try to capture and release, too Of course, when it comes to spiders, my husband catches and releases while I lie in fetal position and scream