Comments on: Humane insect removal

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:42:14 +0000

Somebody please help!! Like the rest of you, I cannot kill an insect – that’s not to say I’m crazy about them scampering around inside my house either….I have a problem – there is this HUGE Argiope spider (let’s just say it is a gigantic and colorful harmless spider who looks very scary)…anyway, she has set up house outside my home, under the eaves, and is in no way bothering me – although it’s difficult to watch her wrap up the poor lizards that get in her web….anyway, she had made four large egg sacks which are suspended up there under my eves waiting to hatch….the really scary thing is that I did my research on this spider and each egg sac can contain 1400 little spiderlings!!!! THERE ARE FOUR SACS!!! I would like very much to relocate these egg cases and their mother as I’m not too thrilled with the idea of all those little spiders running up into the attic and in to my house when they hatch…..i have woods behind my house and relocating the mom wouldn’t be hard – i just don’t want to give the egg sacs the death sentence by disturbing them….what do i do??? there are no humane insect control companies in my area…

By: Nay-Nay

Nay-Nay — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:22:22 +0000

I have a group of 3 spiders on the bottom of my bathroom wall right now that I’ve temporarily named Castor, Pollux, and Sirius. (Sirius is the most visible.) I think one of my cats ate Damascus, the fourth one that was outside my bathroom. Trouble with keeping spiders in your home if they’ve set up webshop at the baseboard is that they’re nearsighted and likely cannot sense the presence of a predatory species such as a domestic cat. So I’ve decided to relocate Castor, Pollux, & Sirius outdoors. Where would be the most humane place to deposit them, giving them the best chance for survival?

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:15:05 +0000

Likewise, if there’s no reason to eat an animal, why do it?

Right?

By: Moe

Moe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:14:14 +0000

I eat meat at every opportunity, but I still don’t squash bugs (unless they pose a threat to the my family (can’t have wasps building a nest right outside the door, for example)). I’m not sure what bug squashing and veganism really have to do with each other, or why you automatically become “that guy” if you don’t squash bugs, but whatever. If there is no reason to squash a bug, why do it?

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).