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I hate insects. I know they form an essential role in biology, food chains etc and blah blah blah...why can't they just stay out of human's way.

Specifically, that my youngest daughter's bedroom.

She woke me up 3 times this morning (at the ungodly hours of 1am, 3am and 5am) after switching on the light to discover some disgusting insect in her room. Even is she is well into her teenage years, she still needs 'daddy' to dispatch/squish the offender and wrap away in old newspapers.

I am no entomologist (insect biologist) but the first one was a colorful moth about half inch long, the second was a bee/wasp of some kind, and the third one was like a stick insect with a roach's abdomen and a praying mantis's front cutter blades (look like little saws).

These little SoB are costing me sleep ,and by extension my sanity. The bee/wasp came rather close to giving me a nasty sting.

I hate insects. I hate them, I hate them I hate them. I don't care about some ecosystem, I would be just fine with a world where all insects are dead even if we have to provide a diet for birds and do labor-intensive pollination.

Anyone here come from a rural or pest control background? Whats a human-safe chemical I can buy which is a broad-spectrum insectide? The ordinary fly-spray didn't work on the wasp or the roach-thing.

I hate insects. I know they form an essential role in biology, food chains etc and blah blah blah...why can't they just stay out of human's way.

Specifically, that my youngest daughter's bedroom.

She woke me up 3 times this morning (at the ungodly hours of 1am, 3am and 5am) after switching on the light to discover some disgusting insect in her room. Even is she is well into her teenage years, she still needs 'daddy' to dispatch/squish the offender and wrap away in old newspapers.

I am no entomologist (insect biologist) but the first one was a colorful moth about half inch long, the second was a bee/wasp of some kind, and the third one was like a stick insect with a roach's abdomen and a praying mantis's front cutter blades (look like little saws).

These little SoB are costing me sleep ,and by extension my sanity. The bee/wasp came rather close to giving me a nasty sting.

I hate insects. I hate them, I hate them I hate them. I don't care about some ecosystem, I would be just fine with a world where all insects are dead even if we have to provide a diet for birds and do labor-intensive pollination.

Anyone here come from a rural or pest control background? Whats a human-safe chemical I can buy which is a broad-spectrum insectide? The ordinary fly-spray didn't work on the wasp or the roach-thing.

They outnumber us by 100,000,000,000 to 1, and they were here first, so they think they have the right to go everywhere. After all, how can we claim to own parts of the land if they were here first? I await the Great Insect War, and will certainly bow to our tiny masters when it is over.

I also hate insects. Why I love birds and bats.

I hate insects. I know they form an essential role in biology, food chains etc and blah blah blah...why can't they just stay out of human's way.

Because they have extremely small and low capacity brains

I am no entomologist (insect biologist) but the first one was a colorful moth about half inch long, the second was a bee/wasp of some kind, and the third one was like a stick insect with a roach's abdomen and a praying mantis's front cutter blades (look like little saws).

Was it an earwig?

I hate insects. I hate them, I hate them I hate them. I don't care about some ecosystem, I would be just fine with a world where all insects are dead even if we have to provide a diet for birds and do labour-intensive pollination..

There are too many of them to find and kill them all. Sorry but they're here to stay.

Try Dichlorodiphynyltrichloroethane. No single human death has been directly attributed to its use.

Seriously though; just use a jar and an envalope.

They outnumber us by 100,000,000,000 to 1

Then we should resolve to BIOLOGICAL WARFARE!!!!

and they were here first, so they think they have the right to go everywhere. After all, how can we claim to own parts of the land if they were here first?

Bull. There are no such thing as "rights" in the animal (as in all living things) kingdom. I have the means to crush/gas them and I'm doing it. They only have one right if they enter my premises, the right to become dirty smears on old newspapers.

I await the Great Insect War, and will certainly bow to our tiny masters when it is over.

Traitor! If by some impossible chance they won, you think they'd spare anything with less than 3 legs?

I don't think the issue are the insects...but rather yer daughter who is waking you up...:p

Who on earth get's woken up by a single insect whilst asleep. If you're that light a sleeper then I'm surprised she isn't woken up by the sound of her own breathing.

I'm a very heavy sleeper and probably swallowed a disproportionate amount of spiders during my sleep. :) yummy

Then we should resolve to BIOLOGICAL WARFARE!!!!

Yeah, but, flies just eat everything. Diseases just don't seem to kill 'em! That's because they are superior...

Bull. There are no such thing as "rights" in the animal (as in all living things) kingdom. I have the means to crush/gas them and I'm doing it. They only have one right if they enter my premises, the right to become dirty smears on old newspapers.

And they have the means to sting you, fly in your face, and drive you generally insane by keeping you awake. Suicide troops they may be, but they have the numbers for it! Now perhaps you realise their true power!

Traitor! If by some impossible chance they won, you think they'd spare anything with less than 3 legs?

Don't be such a partisan. Been listening to Pressie Bush again haven't you? Pfft, he's an anti-insectoid if ever I heard one. And he eats babies. Probably.

Then we should resolve to BIOLOGICAL WARFARE!!!

You cannot destroy the mighty cockroach!

Try Dichlorodiphynyltrichloroethane. No single human death has been directly attributed to its use.We have an old bottle of DDT & naphthalene that was left at the house when my dad bought it, about 15 years ago. Works wonders, the few times we have used it.;)

Don't be such a partisan. Been listening to Pressie Bush again haven't you? Pfft, he's an anti-insectoid if ever I heard one. And he eats babies. Probably.

So what would you do in case of a roach infestation inside your home? Try to make peace?

So what would you do in case of a roach infestation inside your home? Try to make peace?

Absolutely not. I am presently ruled by Lord Roach MVXMVXXXXXXXI, and I serve him gladly!

some insects are really annoying, most parasites and flies etc. but others are quite beautiful. most moths and butterflies for instance. and ants are quite interesting.

* They will take us
And they'll make us
Human slaves! In an Insect Nation!
Insect Nation

* Where did we all go wrong?
The insects used to be our brothers.
Along came pesticide
And on that day our friendship died
And pouring boiling water down ants nests couldn't have helped.
Insect Nation



Bill Bailey, you are a god!

some insects are really annoying, most parasites and flies etc. but others are quite beautiful. most moths and butterflies for instance. and ants are quite interesting.

Never had an army of ants in your home have you? Or have your best suit moth-bitten the night before you need it for a big job interview?

I hate insects. I know they form an essential role in biology, food chains etc and blah blah blah...why can't they just stay out of human's way.

Specifically, that my youngest daughter's bedroom.

She woke me up 3 times this morning (at the ungodly hours of 1am, 3am and 5am) after switching on the light to discover some disgusting insect in her room. Even is she is well into her teenage years, she still needs 'daddy' to dispatch/squish the offender and wrap away in old newspapers.

I am no entomologist (insect biologist) but the first one was a colorful moth about half inch long, the second was a bee/wasp of some kind, and the third one was like a stick insect with a roach's abdomen and a praying mantis's front cutter blades (look like little saws).

These little SoB are costing me sleep ,and by extension my sanity. The bee/wasp came rather close to giving me a nasty sting.

I hate insects. I hate them, I hate them I hate them. I don't care about some ecosystem, I would be just fine with a world where all insects are dead even if we have to provide a diet for birds and do labor-intensive pollination.

Anyone here come from a rural or pest control background? Whats a human-safe chemical I can buy which is a broad-spectrum insectide? The ordinary fly-spray didn't work on the wasp or the roach-thing.
Your teenage daughter woke you up three times in the middle of the night to kill bugs? I don't think you should blame the bugs for that one.:rolleyes:

In Soviet Russia, insects hate you!

-I hate spiders.
-What do you have against spiders?
-DDT.
;)

-I hate spiders.
-What do you have against spiders?
-DDT.
;)

I love spiders. They eat other bugs. I don't mess with spiders even when they're in my house.

I love spiders. They eat other bugs. I don't mess with spiders even when they're in my house.

I try not to kill them if I can oust them more or less peacefully, but the hairy eight-legged aliens give me the creeps. And some people do keep them as pets. De gustibus non est disputandum, but... YEEECHH :b

I hate insects. I know they form an essential role in biology, food chains etc and blah blah blah...why can't they just stay out of human's way.

Specifically, that my youngest daughter's bedroom.

She woke me up 3 times this morning (at the ungodly hours of 1am, 3am and 5am) after switching on the light to discover some disgusting insect in her room. Even is she is well into her teenage years, she still needs 'daddy' to dispatch/squish the offender and wrap away in old newspapers.

I am no entomologist (insect biologist) but the first one was a colorful moth about half inch long, the second was a bee/wasp of some kind, and the third one was like a stick insect with a roach's abdomen and a praying mantis's front cutter blades (look like little saws).

These little SoB are costing me sleep ,and by extension my sanity. The bee/wasp came rather close to giving me a nasty sting.

I hate insects. I hate them, I hate them I hate them. I don't care about some ecosystem, I would be just fine with a world where all insects are dead even if we have to provide a diet for birds and do labor-intensive pollination.

Anyone here come from a rural or pest control background? Whats a human-safe chemical I can buy which is a broad-spectrum insectide? The ordinary fly-spray didn't work on the wasp or the roach-thing.

Several suggestions:

For beetles, roaches, and similar creepy-crawlies, get yourself a pet hedgehog. I'm not kidding. They're as cute and fun as a gerbil or guinea pig, but they have the added bonus of really loving to munch on shelled insects. They use the material from the shells to replenish their spines.

I had a pet hedgehog once, and he was awesome. We'd just let him out of his tank once a day or so, and he'd trundle around the baseboards of our apartment scarfing up any bugs he found. We saved money on food for him, he got all the lovely bug parts he needed for a well-balanced diet, and the bugs got to have his adorable spiny face as the last thing they ever saw.

Another thing you can try is sprinkling vanilla extract around places where bugs tend to come in. I don't know why this is, but a lot of bugs really detest the smell of vanilla.

Also, a lot of flying insects can be easily knocked out using a fine spray of rubbing alcohol. It doesn't kill them, but it knocks them out and they fall to the floor where you can just sweep them up.

I love spiders. They eat other bugs. I don't mess with spiders even when they're in my house.

Spiders aren't bugs, spiders are arachnids.

I try not to kill them if I can oust them more or less peacefully, but the hairy eight-legged aliens give me the creeps. And some people do keep them as pets. De gustibus non est disputandum, but... YEEECHH :b

I have one in my bedroom, I have yet to name him though. He does a fairly good job eating the flies and it also gives me someone to talk to at night :D

When my dad worked for the RAF they used to have this can of stuff which would freeze what it's sprayed on. They used to spray it on the hornets and wasps they were swarmed with and them just shatter them.

In some ways it's a compliment if spiders invade your home.
Spiders are drawn to very clean environs.

I hate insects. I know they form an essential role in biology, food chains etc and blah blah blah...why can't they just stay out of human's way.

Specifically, that my youngest daughter's bedroom.

She woke me up 3 times this morning (at the ungodly hours of 1am, 3am and 5am) after switching on the light to discover some disgusting insect in her room. Even is she is well into her teenage years, she still needs 'daddy' to dispatch/squish the offender and wrap away in old newspapers.

I am no entomologist (insect biologist) but the first one was a colorful moth about half inch long, the second was a bee/wasp of some kind, and the third one was like a stick insect with a roach's abdomen and a praying mantis's front cutter blades (look like little saws).

These little SoB are costing me sleep ,and by extension my sanity. The bee/wasp came rather close to giving me a nasty sting.

I hate insects. I hate them, I hate them I hate them. I don't care about some ecosystem, I would be just fine with a world where all insects are dead even if we have to provide a diet for birds and do labor-intensive pollination.

Anyone here come from a rural or pest control background? Whats a human-safe chemical I can buy which is a broad-spectrum insectide? The ordinary fly-spray didn't work on the wasp or the roach-thing.

god yes. a world without insects (particularly flying ones) would suit me just fine. little robots can deal with the pollination or something... i don't care. just KILL ALL THE BEES AND WASPS:mad:




they scare me :(

Spiders aren't bugs, spiders are arachnids.

I don't think bug is a technical term. The argument you are making is for insects. Which I agree. Spiders aren't insects. Bug to me means basically any kind of creepy crawly scurrying creature that you find in the corners of your house or when turning over rocks.

And yes. I do classify politicians as bugs...

I don't think bug is a technical term. The argument you are making is for insects. Which I agree. Spiders aren't insects. Bug to me means basically any kind of creepy crawly scurrying creature that you find in the corners of your house or when turning over rocks.

And yes. I do classify politicians as bugs...What would explain a lot about politics really - that politicians live under a rock.

Bill Bailey, you are a god!
*sings*

We have betrayed the trust,
of the bee and the locust.
Out there are some angry bugs.
Too many salted slugs.
When will the madness end?

We can find, if we look inside,
a different world we thought we’d lost.
But if we look we’re sure to find it,
in the place we thought it was.
It must be here, it’s here somewhere,
I only put it down just now.
A kind of world that’s not unkind,
but if we look we’re sure to find it
There it is... no that’s not it,
just behind it, next one down.
Keep going, behind the Pringles.
Next one down... shelf, next shelf down,
that’s it.

Then I know that I’ll be free,
Cos I’ll have found the insect in me.

i like the word "Beasties" this describes anything that is wee and either crawls/lives under rocks/flies/soft bodied or hard bodied.

earwigs are really disturbing - with the big pincher things.

spiders and our friend but they are not welcolm to stay in my house if they are bigger than a 10 pence coin. and even then you risk swallowing them whilst sleeping.

midges are terrible. but they are mostly outside anyhoo.

daddy long legs - what is the point? and they fly at you! and tapdance on the ceiling. eeeeeekkkk.

i'm not a fan of the beasties.

*sings*

We have betrayed the trust,
of the bee and the locust.
Out there are some angry bugs.
Too many salted slugs.
When will the madness end?

We can find, if we look inside,
a different world we thought we’d lost.
But if we look we’re sure to find it,
in the place we thought it was.
It must be here, it’s here somewhere,
I only put it down just now.
A kind of world that’s not unkind,
but if we look we’re sure to find it
There it is... no that’s not it,
just behind it, next one down.
Keep going, behind the Pringles.
Next one down... shelf, next shelf down,
that’s it.

Then I know that I’ll be free,
Cos I’ll have found the insect in me.

:p

Bill Bailey FTW!

i like the word “Beasties” this describes anything that is wee and either crawls/lives under rocks/flies/soft bodied or hard bodied.

earwigs are really disturbing–with the big pincher things.

spiders and our friend but they are not welcolm to stay in my house if they are bigger than a 10 pence coin. and even then you risk swallowing them whilst sleeping.

midges are terrible. but they are mostly outside anyhoo.

daddy long legs–what is the point? and they fly at you! and tapdance on the ceiling. eeeeeekkkk.

i’m not a fan of the beasties.
I quite like most beasties. Spiders are fascinating. And the Beastie Boys aint half bad.

But midges! AAAaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhrggghhh! And midge season is nearly upon us; doomed I tell ye, doooooomed!

I would have woken up hubby for each and every one of those insects, they sound like scary ones.

Silicone & repaint (or at the very least, paint the silicone) your daughter's bedroom. Might seem like a lot of work for something very minor, but it prolly won't take more than 2-3 hours, so chances are it'll save you a lot of time in the long run. Make her realise that if she stops keeping damp/wet things, leftovers & the like in her room, most insects will go elsewhere. Make her clean her room thoroughly on a weekly basis. And tell her that if insects are such a big fucking deal, she's stupid if she opens the windows while she's got the lights on in her room. Tell her to buy a mosquito net if she must.

Insects seek damp places, other insects & food, and light when it's dark. And they mostly waltz in through cracks in walls & the like, and through windows. With a minimum of forethought, neither pets nor poisons are needed.I would have woken up hubby for each and every one of those insects, they sound like scary ones.I had a boyfriend like that once... My sympathies for your husband.

You'd hate my cat then. The little bitch keeps bringing cockroaches in as presents for me.
The last just a few moments ago. The damn thing was more than an inch long and close to 1/2" wide.

I've no idea how to stop her doing this, and I really hate the idea that some of these bastards will escape her claws and set up house under my fridge/desk/bed.
*shudder*

http://www.ilaclamaservisi.com/coackroach.gif
What the fuck did I ever do to you, huh?"

I had a boyfriend like that once... My sympathies for your husband.

hey, I kill arachnids, he said if I would do that, he would kill everything else. Flying bugs? he has to get rid of them NOW. I don't like them.

hey, I kill arachnids, he said if I would do that, he would kill everything else. Flying bugs? he has to get rid of them NOW. I don’t like them.
Awww, not the spiders! They’re our friends.

If there were no spiders in the world, we’d be up to our armpits in fly maggots, and the skies would be full of flies. They do a good job do them spiders.

*nods*

Awww, not the spiders! They’re our friends.

If there were no spiders in the world, we’d be up to our armpits in fly maggots, and the skies would be full of flies. They do a good job do them spiders.

*nods*

TBH, I mostly kill scorpions. I only kill certain spiders.... like wolf spiders, and brown recluse. Other's get a trip outdoors.

TBH, I mostly kill scorpions. I only kill certain spiders.... like wolf spiders, and brown recluse. Other’s get a trip outdoors.
*Imagines Smunkee battling a giant scorpion*

*Imagines Smunkee battling a giant scorpion*

the largest one I have been in contact with was 2 inches long, that was intense.....it took me like 3 minutes to kill him, he kept jumping......

I got stung in AZ by a very small one, I didn't check my bed well enough, and he got my leg.....it hurt really bad, then my leg went numb, then it started to spasm, then it started turning red......then after about 2 days it was fine.

hey, I kill arachnids, he said if I would do that, he would kill everything else. Flying bugs? he has to get rid of them NOW. I don't like them.For some reason that just made me laugh out loud, but whatever works for you two. You just made me recall insanely early mornings getting kicked out of bed, moaning with a hangover, just to kill some hapless near-invisible critter innocently flitting about the bedroom.

http://www.ilaclamaservisi.com/coackroach.gif
What the fuck did I ever do to you, huh?"

Ok, now cockroaches...are gross. *shudders* Of course in the south we also have that lovely flying cockroach...the palmetto bug.

*Imagines Smunkee battling a giant scorpion*

Or a giant ant.

http://www.horror-wood.com/them.h1.jpg

Sorry. Old pic. The corner curled up. :p

For some reason that just made me laugh out loud, but whatever works for you two. You just made me recall insanely early mornings getting kicked out of bed, moaning with a hangover, just to kill some hapless near-invisible critter innocently flitting about the bedroom.

gnats and the like don't often bother me, moths, bees, wasps, etc. those bother me.

gnats and the like don't often bother me, moths, bees, wasps, etc. those bother me.

Ah...but have you ever met a sand gnat? The more you move, the more you attract and they never stop...It's the most irritating thing I've ever dealt with.

Ah...but have you ever met a sand gnat? The more you move, the more you attract and they never stop...It's the most irritating thing I've ever dealt with.

I don't believe I have.

I don't believe I have.

Then you're missing a real treat. The only thing to affect them is strong wind or temperatures dropping below 60. They must have relocated after the plagues in Egypt.

Ok, now cockroaches...are gross. *shudders* Of course in the south we also have that lovely flying cockroach...the palmetto bug.

Cockroaches will inherit the Earth. After we nuke ourselves into oblivion, all that will be left are the cockroaches, living in a sea of styrofoam cups and swizzle sticks. Oh, and Keith Richards. "I saw a bright light, and I thought we were on."

Ah...but have you ever met a sand gnat? The more you move, the more you attract and they never stop...It's the most irritating thing I've ever dealt with.You just reminded me of something I've wondered about for ages.. Why is it the tiny swarmy gnat things gather in great big clouds whereever there's the greatest chance some innocent biker will collide with them, choke on half of them, and get blinded by the remainder?

Are they suicidal, trying to kill people, both, or what the fuck is the point of it? Has to be the most insanely annoying insects in the world :mad:

You just reminded me of something I've wondered about for ages.. Why is it the tiny swarmy gnat things gather in great big clouds whereever there's the greatest chance some innocent biker will collide with them, choke on half of them, and get blinded by the remainder?

Are they suicidal, trying to kill people, both, or what the fuck is the point of it? Has to be the most insanely annoying insects in the world :mad:

Yeah. Add biting and leaving little red itchy rashes all over your skin and you've got a sand gnat.

And actually I think it's because they're so small that to mate they have to stick together. Otherwise they'd never find each other.

Yeah. Add biting and leaving little red itchy rashes all over your skin and you've got a sand gnat.I'm so glad there's none of those things around here.And actually I think it's because they're so small that to mate they have to stick together. Otherwise they'd never find each other.Then how do they find eachother in the first place? And why the overwhelming tendency to do it whereever people's most likely to choke to death on them? Don't get me wrong, I'll oblige if it's that damn important for them to get eaten raw, but not while I'm riding my bike. Especially not when they insist on getting into my eyes. "Death by Gnat" might make a good headline, but I'm not that eager to get in a traffic accident.

http://www.ilaclamaservisi.com/coackroach.gif
What the fuck did I ever do to you, huh?"
Sweet!

I for one welcome our new insect overlords!

"God in his wisdom
Made the fly,
Then forgot
to tell us why."
-Ogden Nash-

Teach your daughter to squash her own insects.