Comments on: Humane insect removal

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:54:56 +0000

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!

By: Shelly

Shelly — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 19:49:08 +0000

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.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:41:49 +0000

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

By: Cathi

Cathi — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:38:59 +0000

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.

By: Willful Expos�

Willful Expos� — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:56:00 +0000

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.

By: hayley

hayley — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:51:27 +0000

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

By: berrykat

berrykat — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:57:12 +0000

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

By: consumer_q

consumer_q — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:15:28 +0000

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!

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 15:10:24 +0000

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!

By: pleather

pleather — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 22:05:31 +0000

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).