Philosophy on Bug- and/or Spider-Killing

violaine · 04-07-2010, 11:50 PM

love entomology, herpetology, and arachnology-

interesting beings all of them, but here are some of the ones i can admire from afar-

ticks, mites, and scorpions [arachnids] are not great to find indoors- or in the case of ticks and mites, using their chelicerae to burrow or tunnel on humans or pets can spread infection [bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi / lyme disease].

digging wasps can be really worrisome for gardeners. i love bees.

info on wasp-hornet-yellowjacket-bee

http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/whatis.htm

cottonmouth water moccasins [pit vipers / hematoxic venoms]. i have been chased by these ill-tempered snakes on several occasions from water to land. luckily for me, they stood up to fight in the water giving advance warning to me and the dogs.

http://www.wf.net/~snake/moccasin.htm

View Poll Results: I prefer to...
Kill any spider or bug that gets into my home.	45	27.27%
Get somebody else to kill any spider or bug that gets into my home.	21	12.73%
Kill bugs but not spiders.	7	4.24%
Kill spiders but not bugs.	8	4.85%
Release spiders and/or bugs outside.	70	42.42%
Other (Explained Below)	14	8.48%
Voters: 165. You may not vote on this poll

04-07-2010, 11:50 PM	#10
violaine Timed Out How Do You Identify?: atypical Preferred Pronoun?: plague words and phrases Relationship Status: love wise guys of the avian world Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: wekiva springs basin Posts: 3,236 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,934 Thanked 3,293 Times in 1,301 Posts Rep Power: 0	love entomology, herpetology, and arachnology- interesting beings all of them, but here are some of the ones i can admire from afar- ticks, mites, and scorpions [arachnids] are not great to find indoors- or in the case of ticks and mites, using their chelicerae to burrow or tunnel on humans or pets can spread infection [bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi / lyme disease]. digging wasps can be really worrisome for gardeners. i love bees. info on wasp-hornet-yellowjacket-bee http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4dmg/Pests/whatis.htm cottonmouth water moccasins [pit vipers / hematoxic venoms]. i have been chased by these ill-tempered snakes on several occasions from water to land. luckily for me, they stood up to fight in the water giving advance warning to me and the dogs. http://www.wf.net/~snake/moccasin.htm Last edited by violaine; 04-07-2010 at 11:54 PM.