is it unethical to kill bugs?

[schubert]

Try and consider that these are the bugs that you so happen to notice, usually you aren't aware and so it doesn't bother you. I would imagine there being many bugs, spiders etc all over our houses and rooms, and so we are fine and not bothered. I think this is a nice lesson to go through. I have always had problems with finding hair in my food, my mum would cook delicious meals and I would just throw the entire plate if I happened to find a single hair. And it's funny because I have cats, so I imagine I swallow much hair everyday just that I am not aware of it thus it doesn't bother me. Having learned this lesson and rethinking the appreciation I wanted to have back then, if I notice hair as of now I would still eat the meal. I think if the bug/spider isn't venomous then there is little need to kill it, yet everyone are at their own phase and lessons so no one act is right or wrong. If it bothers you then perhaps there is something to learn there for you. When I was a child I would love to sit inside bushes and play with the spiders, I wasn't afraid of them at all, until one time a tiny spider bit me, I barely felt it but it starteled me and since then I didn't try and hold one again. Now days I try and connect with my child self and try and let a spider crawl on me to heal this fear and set it aside, usually to some dark corner of the room, they eat other bugs and that's awesome really. And they have intelligence in them, the webs that they make, it's like a print of infinity within something so small, I always used to be amazed by that beauty. So you are right, we kill many living creatures just by our daily existence, but if you have a chance to allow the creature to go on it's way, why not? It can feel quite appreciative. So thank you for brining this topic and sharing with us.

hi blossom . thanks for sharing ur perspective! thats true if a bug poses no real psychical threat theres little need to kill it. its interesting to me that u used to play with spiders because i find spiders absolutely repulsive. i even try not to look at them and instead use my peripheral vision if i have to deal with them . i do think from a rational mind that they are very unique creatures and their webs are intriguing but on an instinctual/animalistic level i abhor them. one of my parents grew up in a buggy house and is kind of scarred of a certain kind of bug and also had an experience of waking up with a big spider right on their face which freaked them out. i think this is the cause for my dislike of bugs because theres studies that suggest the experiences of parents influence the neurology and genetics of subsequent generations.

I have no problem killing mosquitoes.  With larger bugs, I use a cup and a piece of paper.  Put the cup over the critter, slide a piece of paper underneath (or if that's too thin for you, use a sheet of thicker material).  Then you can pick up the whole thing, take it outside, and with a swinging movement of the cup, launch your ex-roommate with an unfortunately large number of legs into the next chapter of its second density journey.

this strategy sounds very effective thank u for sharing it! ive been using stuff like buckets and putting it in front of the bug then tapping behind them with a fly swatter to usher them in but some bugs just run around the bucket. this sounds more foolproof and is still peaceful which is perfect!