Killing bugs - is it wrong?

[Uncle Muffles]

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[Cryofthewolf]

In most circumstances i'm a pacifict when it comes to insects; I rescue bees and spiders out of my appartment, but mainly cos of the warm 'good deed' syndrome it gives me.

Right at the moment my room is beleaguered by an army of fruit flies that got a foothold when i delayed taking out the trash, and i'm not having any of that.

Basically I didn't start this war but it is SO ON

OT: But I agree that torturing small creatures is the wrong thing to do, even if they're small. I can understand the idea of venting if you're under strain, but if you can avoid it it's better. You're dammaging a part of yourself as well.

You have fruit fly wars as well? Holy crap, I thought I was the only one. O_O

I was reading online on a good way to get rid of them. I took some red wine vinegar, sugar, and dish soap and put it in a cup with some plastic wrap on the top. The little buggers come and fly into the mixture and die almost instantly because of the soap. It's humane, and it is effective in getting rid of those gross, red-eyed little creeps. They are the only insects that really get to me. x-P

Interesting...
I was trying a method I have seen used on wasps, which was get some seriously sticky syrup in a plastic bottle then cut the top third off and plcese it upside down in the bottom two thirds. Th wasps fly in, can't get out and drown in the sticky gunk. I'm not a fan of that method, the poor things are struggling for ages, but the flies are just too dim anyway, can't figure out the whole flying down the middle bit.
But i'll try your suggestion, thanks

No problem. An enemy of my enemy is my friend. =-D

 

[Jibblejab]

Everynight a fly will fly into my room as im reading and buzz about being generally rude.

Then I reach for a lighter and set it on fire, that'll learn em

 

[Davrel]

Do you feel it is wrong to kill insects/other bugs?

Under what circumstances do you think it is morally acceptable?

Do you feel a pang of guilt for crushing a bug that wasn't harming you in any way?

1) No, not really.
2) A qualification of my answer to the first question: There is no need to "torture" another living creature, so whilst I would happily just crush a fly or moth or ant etc without a second thought if it was bothering me, I would never, for example: just pull the legs off one for fun. Its true that insects are unlikely to feel pain in the same way a "higher mammal" would, but the fact is, such behavior says something a tad worrying about the person performing it - children are excused from this (within reason).
3) Only if I kill bees or earthworms as they're significantly more important to the ecosystem than most insects (though all have their role to play), plus bumblebees are pro.

I feel it as a inherited privilege of evolution that I can guiltlessly kill insects that bother me, but as I said, taking that privilege and using it to just murder every small creature you see is just...odd.

N.B. Wasps and Hornets however, can fuck off - I kill those bastards on sight.

 

[DigitalSushi]

Do you feel it is wrong to kill insects/other bugs?

Almost any insects yes,

Damsel and Dragon flies are off the list, they eat other insects and are majestic

Bee's and Wasp' are also on my list of insects to not kill ever, You can actually talk to bee's and they'll do as they are told, I mean like "get out of my house" and "the window is that way" and they'll pretty much do it. I don't mean like have a chat with them, but I've never had a bad situation when it comes to those two, and I'm allergic to bee stings so I should stay away from them.

Hornets can go fuck themselves, they are the louts of the insect world.

Under what circumstances do you think it is morally acceptable?

Killing a daddy long legs is OK with me, since they eat other spiders. Spiders are friends.

Once again I'm allergic to bee stings but I'll not kill them, especially since on death they give off a smell that attracts other bee's to the area, ready dressed for the occasion and pissed that you killed its best mate.

Do you feel a pang of guilt for crushing a bug that wasn't harming you in any way?

I accidentally killed a dragonfly when I was 8 with my fishing wire, she got tangled up in it and everything I tried to set her free made it worse, so I killed her to ease her suffering. That was my birthday, fucking horrible day.

 

[trueluigi7]

IT is evil to kill anything except in self Defense and I always feel bad even for not killing something...or doing anything, I always feel bad about something even when I don't know it!

 

[Jark212]

Nothing's wrong with killing most bugs, there will always be more. But then again some people go overboard and go completely genocidal on all the ants in the backyard with a jug of bleach as revenge for ants invaliding my his room and killing all of his pet frogs...

 

[Hlain]

Killing them just for the fun of it is pretty twisted. I feel no remorse for swatting bugs though. Larger ones, like beetles and others, I might just move, since it would make a mess by crushing them.

 

[SimuLord]

Trespassing is a capital offense if you are an insect. Therefore, any bugs I see in my house are terminated with extreme prejudice.

I don't go out of my way to kill bugs outside, though. If they're outside, they're not doing any harm, so live and let live.

 

[benoitowns]

Okay what you and brother did seems kind of cruel, but I honestly don't care about the welfare of bugs or animals that much. I wouldnt go out of my way to kill some, but they mean very little or nothing to me. So basically it is rarely immoral to kill stuff, so I never feel sorrow for bugs, but just because I dont care about them means I would want to kill them. There is no inclination to do so, therefore I probably wont.
Except for those flying insects that always fly near my face. They deserve to die. And those beetles that always smell really bad and make loud buzzing noises when they fly. They should die.

So your basicly saying you that you kill them because there annoying

that sounds so evil on paper, lol

yea i guess it does

 

[tha lime]

any time a smack an insect i scream GET BACK IN YOUR HOLE!!!

no. to be a littl serius, just kill the creeps, alot of them even carrys desise´s so smacking them is good for your helth

 

[Sovvolf]

Yeah I find it wrong... I feel that the insect has just as much right to live as I have. I really do try to avoid hurting them, I try to get them out of my room, but I try as hard as I can not to hurt them.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Yeah I find it wrong... I feel that the insect has just as much right to live as I have. I really do try to avoid hurting them, I try to get them out of my room, but I try as hard as I can not to hurt them.

So do I but I always end up injuring them then and don't know whether I should just kill them out of kindness...

 

[Nananooknak]

i hate mosquitoes, but without them... no Jurassic Park. but ticks, the creepy lil bastards climb up your clothes long after you've been outside, and luckily i do something random where i feel them on my clothes, so i grab them and snap their fuckin heads off.. ~Amen

 

[Spiner909]

Oh no. I enjoy it. I methodically dismember ants, then burn them alive. I throw the ones that live through it into the toilet.

 

[Nouw]

The only good bug is a dead bug! Would you like to know more?

Spoiler: WAR

 

[zehydra]

Actually many insects should just outright be declared enemies of mankind, namely, Mosquitoes. I don't think they really have that much impact on the ecosystem.

 

[YouCallMeNighthawk]

flies and moths don't tend to live that long so no skin off my back.

 

[Snarky Username]

The lack feelings, emotions, and a higher brain function. It's not like they're happy and I'm taking away something by killing them. It's not like they have a wife and kids that I'm taking them away from. There's just insects. They don't have evolved brains. I feel badly about killing intelligent animals, but not insects,

 

[Betancore]

I don't feel that it's wrong to kill insects/bugs, I'm just too scared of them to kill them. I don't think it's a moral thing for me, more that they're in my room, flying around, and it's giving me a panic attack and since they're not going to live for much longer anyway, I may as well spray them to death. But if you killed them for pleasure, then yeah, that's a bit twisted.