[POLL] - you decide: live or die

[rh71]

I've RAID'd 2 full-adults in the last 2 days... one in my garage and one in my office. Well I just found another cricket crawling across my carpet here... a smaller one - only about an inch long. Right now it's trapped under a CD spindle top. My RAID is ready but I can just as easily scoop it up and throw it outside. I'm inclined for the latter... watching this guy search around the cylinder inch by inch... can't help but think he deserves to live.

What are crickets good (to the ecosystem) for ? How are they detrimental ?

You decide - live or die.

EDIT>>> Freeeeeeeeeeeeeedom at last.

 

[CVSiN]

bleh im from texas... tresspass in the house and we can shoot you!
die bug!

 

[Coquito]

Locus... oh noes!

Flush it.

 

[Bulk Beef]

:thumbsdown:

 

[amish]

aren't crickets the symbol of good fortune to come?

 

[BAMAVOO]

Originally posted by: amish
aren't crickets the symbol of good fortune to come?

Smash 'er!

 

[Krueger81]

...

 

[iamwiz82]

Find another and have them fight to the death in an illegal cricket fight.

 

[rh71]

so many cruel people...

I wonder when the cut-off for the poll should be...

 

[erikistired]

kill it.

 

[purbeast0]

lol you raid crickets? what, are you scared they are going to kill you? if i kill em i just usually smack em w/a shoe heh, like it's any better. i can see this turning into a whole terrorist thing, comparing the decapitations of people to bombing others (torturing vs. quick death).

 

[nakedfrog]

I'd probably feed it to my frog and newt.

See? They're already interested in a mini-feast

 

[DnetMHZ]

Drill a little hole in the spindle top and make a mini gas chamber.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
Drill a little hole in the spindle top and make a mini gas chamber.

First fill it with water and just as the cricket gets to the hole, zap him

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
lol you raid crickets? what, are you scared they are going to kill you? if i kill em i just usually smack em w/a shoe heh, like it's any better. i can see this turning into a whole terrorist thing, comparing the decapitations of people to bombing others (torturing vs. quick death).

Let's see... cleaning up guts on the floor and my shoes or vacuuming up the body clean ? HMMMMM.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

throw it outside, what harm is it doing to you.

 

[rh71]

If I throw it in the toilet, will it still be able to hop out or will it drown ???

EDIT>>> Oh sh!t what if it needs a bathroom break ? I hope it doesn't go on my carpet.

 

[GasX]

Any cricket tech savvy to get mentioned on AT deserves a shot at freedom.

That said, step on him outside...

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
throw it outside, what harm is it doing to you.

From one of the cricket sites... it looks like smaller = female. Female = more crickets... which could mean more problems for me later.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Jnetty99
throw it outside, what harm is it doing to you.

It's a freakin cricket.
Do whatever you want with it.

I'd let my puppy 'play' with it until it stops moving.

 

[rh71]

so are they pests or not ? Do they help the environment in any way ?

 

[dman]

Start telling it your problems, if it offers advice, well, I'd say it's a keeper. Otherwise, probably should let it go. But, it may come back, so, you may want to mark it with some paint, no reason it should fool you twice.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: rh71
so are they pests or not ? Do they help the environment in any way ?

They're food for animals at the least. See my above post for hungry amphibians.

 

[Kelvrick]

Find a black widow, feed it to the black widow, then burn the black widow when it refuses to fight against another black widow. Thats what I did. Got pics and a video to prove it.

 

[TheNinja]

I can't help but think of the Metallica song "Creeping Death"....."Die....Die....Die....Die"