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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

I got the piss taken out of me yesterday for taking a spider down 3 flights of stairs to the garden because people were going to kill it.

Right now though theres a wasp at my window and im not sure what to do with it!

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor

No I don't kill them,I don't have the right to do that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spiders aren't insects

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I tend to shoo them outside. Wasps I can kill though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kill that little bastard before it attacks, ...and it's got friends you know. It will swarm you with its little bastard pals and not stop stinging until you pass out with the pain. And when they're in you hair and shirt, they have you surrounded.....little fuckers.

Bees are much kinder.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Kill that little bastard before it attacks, ...and it's got friends you know. It will swarm you with its little bastard pals and not stop stinging until you pass out with the pain. And when they're in you hair and shirt, they have you surrounded.....little fuckers.

Bees are much kinder.

A wasp once came into my room, stung me twice then died on my pillow. Wasps are mean forthe sake of being mean

I love bees though. I could watch them for hours.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bees are much kinder.

Not to mention essential to our survival

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

I got the piss taken out of me yesterday for taking a spider down 3 flights of stairs to the garden because people were going to kill it.

Right now though theres a wasp at my window and im not sure what to do with it! "

Which side of the window is the wasp at?

If it's inside I'll be ok. I hate getting stung.

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

"Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

No and no. I can't understand why people are so sca_ed of spiders and other creepy crawlies in this country. It's not like in places like Australia where they're proper dangerous and stuff.

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By *oward1978Man
over a year ago

Rotherham

Spiders don't bother me. I'll happily scoop them up in my hand if need be and chuck them outside.

The only insect that I can't stand are wasps. Horrible little things. I never kill them though.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

I got the piss taken out of me yesterday for taking a spider down 3 flights of stairs to the garden because people were going to kill it.

Right now though theres a wasp at my window and im not sure what to do with it!

Which side of the window is the wasp at?

If it's inside I'll be ok. I hate getting stung.

Its stopped making noise. Its either dead or on its way to you. I know which id prefer

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our

bug killing kitties deal with all creepy crawlies with ruthless efficiency.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Insects are my one and only phobia

2 - legs fine

4 - legs fine

6 - WTF get it the hell away from me

8+ - legs fine

I'm now going to hide

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

I got the piss taken out of me yesterday for taking a spider down 3 flights of stairs to the garden because people were going to kill it.

Right now though theres a wasp at my window and im not sure what to do with it!

Which side of the window is the wasp at?

If it's inside I'll be ok. I hate getting stung.

Its stopped making noise. Its either dead or on its way to you. I know which id prefer

Keep the window shut please. If that thing stings me I'll fall off my ladder.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Insects are my one and only phobia

2 - legs fine

4 - legs fine

6 - WTF get it the hell away from me

8+ - legs fine

I'm now going to hide

But youre ok with confined spaces yeah?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

I got the piss taken out of me yesterday for taking a spider down 3 flights of stairs to the garden because people were going to kill it.

Right now though theres a wasp at my window and im not sure what to do with it!

Which side of the window is the wasp at?

If it's inside I'll be ok. I hate getting stung.

Its stopped making noise. Its either dead or on its way to you. I know which id prefer

Keep the window shut please. If that thing stings me I'll fall off my ladder.

Why are you up a ladder?!? I hope you've got knickers on!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You can make a natural spray from oils that our 6 legged friends don't like going near. Doesn't harm them and would stop them from coming in at windows etc.

Had to use it as they were setting alarms off in the middle of the night.

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By *rincess peachWoman
over a year ago

shits creek

I've got loads of spiders in my house. They don't bother me.

Earwigs I'll stamp without hesitation. Those things are vile.

Anything that may sting or bite me while I'm asleep. Splat. I have an allergy to gnat bites, so those pricks need to go fuck off.

And anything that dive bombs ya while you're minding your own business.... why do they do that?? They need to learn some manners.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"You can make a natural spray from oils that our 6 legged friends don't like going near. Doesn't harm them and would stop them from coming in at windows etc.

Had to use it as they were setting alarms off in the middle of the night."

How big are the spiders there

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By *risky_MareWoman
over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Insect armageddon here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm often out getting pics of them, when you see how complex and amazingly designed they are..you might get a better appreciation of them.

Jumping spiders are amazing to watch.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"You can make a natural spray from oils that our 6 legged friends don't like going near. Doesn't harm them and would stop them from coming in at windows etc.

Had to use it as they were setting alarms off in the middle of the night.

How big are the spiders there

Huge! They can smash windows to get in! Just kidding. They crawl over the top of sensors so it triggers them that way x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I tend to shoo them outside. Wasps I can kill though."

If you kill a wasp it will leave a scent for his other wasp mates to come and find you.

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By *rowleyMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Kill.

It's survival of the fittest.

I tend to throw spiders out of the window.

I don't kill them. It's the sudden stop at the end that does, therefore my conscience is clear.

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By *rowleyMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

I also got stung on the lip once as a kid. All wasps are now dead to me.

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

The only insects I can tolerate are the 'pretty' ones like bees, butterflies and ladybirds.

Flies are just the revolting dirty disgusting things (and maggots

) and I'm totally petrified of spiders (though I wouldn't kill them because they eat flies). I've had a genuine fear these last few nights of a spider crawling where it shouldn't while I've been sleeping naked without the 'protection' of a sheet ...

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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago

Wrexham

House spiders (the big ones that run across the floor) we just leave alone.

Web-making spiders get put outside.

All manner of other wee beasties get shown to the monsters before being put outside (and sometimes Googled first if I don't know what they are).

Wasps, bees and the like are all caught with the glass and card approach and popped outside too.

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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago

Wrexham

"Kill.

It's survival of the fittest.

I tend to throw spiders out of the window.

I don't kill them. It's the sudden stop at the end that does, therefore my conscience is clear. "

Spiders thrown from a window will survive the fall.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'll squash a gnat, midge or mosquito. Wasps, bees, moths, butterflies etc I'll shoo out the window. Crawly things I might sweep away from me, except spiders. If it's a huge spider I get someone to throw it out.

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By *rowleyMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Kill.

It's survival of the fittest.

I tend to throw spiders out of the window.

I don't kill them. It's the sudden stop at the end that does, therefore my conscience is clear.

Spiders thrown from a window will survive the fall.

From a third floor flat?

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By *oby le roneMan
over a year ago

Treorchy

Bees are much kinder.

A wasp once came into my room, stung me twice then died on my pillow. Wasps are mean forthe sake of being mean

I love bees though. I could watch them for hours. "

Keep the spiders. It will eat the wasps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Insects are my one and only phobia

2 - legs fine

4 - legs fine

6 - WTF get it the hell away from me

8+ - legs fine

I'm now going to hide

But youre ok with confined spaces yeah?

As long as clear of bug, then yea

Unless there are any daddy long legs, I mean what's the point of those things repeatedly flying at your face

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm petrified of spiders, but I won't kill them. I have to remove them safely without harming them.

I'll avoid killing wasps if I can too (spiteful lil shites that they are though)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm fine with anything.........apart from those huge spiders who look like they are gonna mug you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Kill.

It's survival of the fittest.

I tend to throw spiders out of the window.

I don't kill them. It's the sudden stop at the end that does, therefore my conscience is clear.

Spiders thrown from a window will survive the fall.

From a third floor flat?"

spiders can travel for miles in the wind or on their webs..they land fine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

I got the piss taken out of me yesterday for taking a spider down 3 flights of stairs to the garden because people were going to kill it.

Right now though theres a wasp at my window and im not sure what to do with it!

Which side of the window is the wasp at?

If it's inside I'll be ok. I hate getting stung.

Its stopped making noise. Its either dead or on its way to you. I know which id prefer

Keep the window shut please. If that thing stings me I'll fall off my ladder.

Why are you up a ladder?!? I hope you've got knickers on!!

I'm your stalker. I took over from Mike after he fell off his ladder. Something about a spider climbing up it trying to get back in. I dunno. Arachnophobia is a silly thing to have when you're a stalker.

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By *rowleyMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Kill.

It's survival of the fittest.

I tend to throw spiders out of the window.

I don't kill them. It's the sudden stop at the end that does, therefore my conscience is clear.

Spiders thrown from a window will survive the fall.

From a third floor flat?

spiders can travel for miles in the wind or on their webs..they land fine."

Fuuuuccccckkkkk...

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By *mber GamblerCouple
over a year ago

rugby

No. I would never kill anything just because.

If i like you and i see you kill something just because, then i will go off you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spiders. We live near woods and fields and they are always huge.

They just look nasty.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If a wasp was twenty feet tall, it'd squash you like a bug. Don't feel bad about killing them. It's survival of the fittest and they'll out-survive us.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Bearded Dragon eats them here! ( no, not the mrs)

However, giant crickets and locusts sometimes escape at feeding time, Its like a B movie horror show!

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

We have a bee's nest in the roof space of our garage, at the moment, obviously don't want to kill them, as they are very important. Any advice? I suppose get the bee catcher in!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We have a bee's nest in the roof space of our garage, at the moment, obviously don't want to kill them, as they are very important. Any advice? I suppose get the bee catcher in!"

Buy a bee hive, and get someone to move them to it...and you got yourself a new hobby...and honey

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"We have a bee's nest in the roof space of our garage, at the moment, obviously don't want to kill them, as they are very important. Any advice? I suppose get the bee catcher in!

Buy a bee hive, and get someone to move them to it...and you got yourself a new hobby...and honey

Actually that sounds great, thing is, they are not honey bees, they look more like a black bee. Just been researching and they all seem to advise to leave alone and they will naturally disappear at end of July.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I never kill them, even if I don't like them.

I'm actually ok with most of them, wasps however send me into cold sweats. I find a glass, piece of paper and launch the fuckers back outside works best

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've currently got one of those very loud, doesn't know where it's going so it buzzes round constantly, chubby little flies driving me insane.

Do i kill it or should i just let it happily buzz round for a while.

Seemingly it's forgotten where the door is

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By *hortieWoman
over a year ago

Northampton

Wasps and mozzies I have no problem killing... inside my room or out!!

Any other insects are cool and I leave them be.

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By *iss.HoneyWoman
over a year ago

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I don't like bugs...but it is the topic this week so I am having to man up

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's that many flying beasties it probably wouldn't make any difference but they do have a direct positive benefit for humans.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Are you sca_ed of wee beasties? If they come in your house do you kill them?

I got the piss taken out of me yesterday for taking a spider down 3 flights of stairs to the garden because people were going to kill it.

Right now though theres a wasp at my window and im not sure what to do with it! "

No, never. I evict the creepiest ones carefully because I refuse to kill or be a party to killing anything I'm not going to eat. It's my most strongly held philosophy to live and let live and take only what you need.

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By *edMan
over a year ago

cambridgeshire

"I tend to shoo them outside. Wasps I can kill though."

I thought you said shot them outside lol

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By *edMan
over a year ago

cambridgeshire

"I tend to shoo them outside. Wasps I can kill though.

I thought you said shot them outside lol"

Shoot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I tend to shoo them outside. Wasps I can kill though.

I thought you said shot them outside lol"

They'd be no mess inside that way!

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

I think all living things are amazing. I just wish some of them would bugger off and be amazing somewhere else!

Flies at the moment are an issue here.

However, I love the Silverfish that lives in my shower room.

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By *a Fee VerteWoman
over a year ago

Limbo

"I think all living things are amazing. I just wish some of them would bugger off and be amazing somewhere else!

Flies at the moment are an issue here.

However, I love the Silverfish that lives in my shower room."

Urrgghh ... they're sinister little buggers waving their antennae about. If I ever spot any in the downstairs loo they get flushed straight away

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I dont like the creepy crawlies in my house - I didn't invite them!

I don't want to murder them or their friends - but sometimes it's unavoidable

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bees and spiders I'll leave in peace.....anything else I kill it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I think all living things are amazing. I just wish some of them would bugger off and be amazing somewhere else!

Flies at the moment are an issue here.

However, I love the Silverfish that lives in my shower room."

It's the tiny little black flies that are the most annoying because they cone in groups.

And silverfish are cool, although they can scare the living hell out me when im sleepy, which makes going to bathroom at night challenging

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

I have double standards.

On my 'look after' list are spiders, bees, ladybirds.

On the search and destroy list are wasps and flies.

Having said that, we were in Borneo and there was spider the size of a dinner plate in its web outside our room. I felt less inclined to help him.......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I leave bees, spiders and wasps. Wasps I only swat if they are irritating me.

And I always swat flies. Irritating zig zag flying little bastards.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Bees and spiders I'll leave in peace.....anything else I kill it "

No you kill them immediately!!!!! X

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

There were two wasps and a Crane fly bobbing about in our local shop window the other day.

I didn't buy them as the guy couldn't tell me how much they were!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have a huge phobia of spiders...i run in the opposite direction

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

"I have a huge phobia of spiders...i run in the opposite direction "

It's the ones you can't see, that lay eggs in your ears at night that you need to worry about.

Hope this helps.

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"I think all living things are amazing. I just wish some of them would bugger off and be amazing somewhere else!

Flies at the moment are an issue here.

However, I love the Silverfish that lives in my shower room.

Urrgghh ... they're sinister little buggers waving their antennae about. If I ever spot any in the downstairs loo they get flushed straight away

No they are amazing. One of the oldest groups of invertebrates and only eat a bit of wood/paper (very small amounts).

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

O revere insects for their success, variety and beauty more than any fear. Many are an essential part of our world and lives, feeding other animals, pollination of plants and crops and many more significant things.

I aim not to harm insects that come inside - I can help relocate them.

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

As the world population rises and land becomes scarce, insects are suggested as a food source as animal grazing space declines. Yum yum

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By *ittleAcornMan
over a year ago

visiting the beach

"As the world population rises and land becomes scarce, insects are suggested as a food source as animal grazing space declines. Yum yum

To be honest, if you'd eat a prawn, cockle, mussel etc. Why not?

They are just as odd and weird to contemplating eating if you never have.

It's just we don't have the tradition of eating insects in most of Europe.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

not long back from a wee wander, butterflies,moths,grasshoppers on at the end of my lens...was really annoyed I couldnt get the huge gorgeous dragonfly I spooked..it was massive..like a mini drone lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't kill any bugs, even the ones I am least fond of...people are banned from killing bugs in my presence, I will remove them! And we all know bees go back out when you tell them too...wasps need a little more coaxing tho

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"House spiders (the big ones that run across the floor) we just leave alone.

Web-making spiders get put outside.

All manner of other wee beasties get shown to the monsters before being put outside (and sometimes Googled first if I don't know what they are).

Wasps, bees and the like are all caught with the glass and card approach and popped outside too."

Yep me too, though all spiders are allowed to stay as they tend to keep flies and such in check.

In fact I like spiders and find most bugs interesting. I used to catch and keep particularly interesting spiders and creepy crawlies caught after my daughter went to bed, to show her in the morning

I do kill ants...

Nita

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

Having said that, we were in Borneo and there was spider the size of a dinner plate in its web outside our room. I felt less inclined to help him.......

Ooh .... don't suppose you tooknow a photo of it?

Sounds awesome

Nita

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kill everything apart from bees. Currently on antibiotics after a horse fly bite made my arm swell badly.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I never kill them and think slightly less of those that do.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I never kill them and think slightly less of those that do."

Wasps might be the exception though. Evil bastards.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Flies, kill flies.

Almost all other insects I won't kill.

Apart from earwigs they are just weird looking mother fuckers and most definitely upto no good.

The F_ed West of the insect world.

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