Humane insect removal

10 Responses

1. pleather

   17|Aug|2005 1

   That’s a great idea for a contraption! I don’t like to kill bugs either, especially after I learned the whole argument against honey. It makes me feel guilty (so I guess I’m one of “those people” too).

2. Danielle

   18|Aug|2005 2

   I was picking up our weekly bag-o-goodies from our CSA this week when a gigantic brown spider crawled out of the bag and onto my arm. I must admit, I’m glad no one was there to see me gingerly carrying my purse, on which the little critter had attached itself, over to the grass where I spent the next five minutes talking to it and trying to release it without harm. Looks like I need one of these Bugzooka things for home AND car!

3. consumer_q

   19|Aug|2005 3

   Awesome product idea!
   I just gingerly cup bugs or use a cup to transport bugs outside, but sometimes those spiders are too fast for me.

   I hesitantly used pheremone spider traps when I lived in Hobo Spider territory, but they were all over in the house and do not mix well with young children.

   Right now I am living in a snail area. The little slugs with shells are all over my yard. A ‘net search results in coffee grounds and garlic as possible deterrents, but I am looking for other suggestions. Any non-fatal repellents or concoctions to keep the snails out of the lawn and garden for next summer?
   thanks!

4. berrykat

   19|Aug|2005 4

   i have heard that beauty bark is good at keeping snails out as they don’t like crawling over it.

5. hayley

   20|Aug|2005 5

   hey, I just came acrossm this blog by accident and just wanted to say it’s great! I also have a blog to do with veganism, I’m not vegan yet but am heading in that direction as well as being an active animal rights activist! xx

6. Willful Exposé

   21|Aug|2005 6

   My primary reason for not smashing bugs is that it’s nasty, so this might be an especially good solution for me, plus I get to be humane.

7. Cathi

   22|Aug|2005 7

   I must be one of “those people,” then. :) I’ve never liked killing bugs because it seemed like just pointless violence–killing a living thing because it was in your house.

   In our condo, we’ve been pretty much able to just scoop up whatever it was an usher it out on the patio (if we can before the cats get to it). But this will help for those that I’d really really rather not get close enough to touch–though don’t want to kill.

   Thanks for the link.

8. Ryan

   22|Aug|2005 8

   Always nice to hear that there are other “those people” out there. :)

9. Shelly

   27|Aug|2005 9

   Aha! I knew there were other ‘those people’ somewhere…besides my mother and me. :) My rule about spiders and insects is: if it’s outside, it gets to live free and unmolested. (My yard is completely organic…I have my own ecosystem!) If it’s inside, and it’s NOT a spider, it gets captuered and taken outside. If it’s inside and it’s a spider and I’m alone in the house, I’ll probably kill it unless it’s in a stationary web. I’m extremely allergic to spider bites; I don’t want to go back to the hospital. (I currently have two spiders in residence in my home, up by the ceiling of my living room. I named them George and Martha, and they do an excellent job of keeping the flies down.) My neighbor drove me nuts spraying pesticides on his plants for aphids until I convinced him to let me dump 1,500 ladybugs in his yard every spring. He thinks I’m crazy to let the bugs run rampant, but he now understands that chemicals don’t stay where you put them.

10. Alex

    17|Jun|2007 10

    Cool advice thanks - and just to voice I am a non vegan and I have never ever squashed bugs or boxed other non-bug squashers into ‘one of those’ sterotypes. There are more of us out there than you think!