• sazey@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Most bugs are chill imo, they just want a place to hang and mind their own business. Flies, mosquitos and ticks get exterminated on sight however.

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    Sadly that big has been removed from it’s home and placed into the wilderness. You’re better off squishing them sadly.

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        5 months ago

        Many bug’s native habitat is actually inside your home, putting them outside is like sending them to die a slow death in Siberia instead

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          Oh that’s a interesting thought. Thinking they evolved and adapted to live with us. Normally I only associate that with dogs and the like. Never considerd bugs.

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      The punctuation mistake tells me I can’t do it cruelly, which ruins half the fun when it’s stink bugs involved. Fuck those things.

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        How so they get in? I’m just minding my business. Having a good time, suddenly, stink bug. At my old house I had a jar with salt I’d capture them in.

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          5 months ago

          I knew a guy that used water bottle with soap. There soo many in the south part of US, like locus.

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    I kill every bug in my home with the hope that they evolve to fuck off, its just my natural selection

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    I’m curious your opinion on black widows or other deadly venomous creatures? I’ve had a bunch in my car, house and yard. And I have been recommended just burning it all but I don’t have new anything money.

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      5 months ago

      High percentage alcohols are extremely toxic to all insects and arachnids. 95% isopropyl alcohol in a spray bottle will have them rapidly dead.

      Yellow jackets are fair game as well. Gandalf didn’t give a damn about Uruk-hai, Orc or Balrog.

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        Did y’all watch the same movie?

        He, for sure, tried to stop the balrog from making the biggest mistake of his life. The Balrog just didn’t listen.

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    5 months ago

    Did that with a mouse yesterday ! But I expect she was likely eaten by one of the many neighborhood cats in the following hours.

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    5 months ago

    I’ve got a thriving little eco system of lizards and spiders in my house. Love those guys.

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      For real! They mind their own business and keep your house clean of the real pests.