is it unethical to kill bugs?

[schubert]

Blossom is correct. Whether you know it or not, there are insects all around going about their business. 

I live rurally and have more insects around than when i lived in the city. When I did live in the city, I lived in an area of high concentration of scorpions. Because I would never use pesticides, my backyard had a lot of them. They only come out at night generally, and they glow if you shine a black light on them. One would occasionally get into the house, but they mostly stayed outdoors doing their thing. Yes, there is a "creep" factor with scorpions, but there is also an incredible beauty, and they are just trying to survive like all other creatures. 

Suggestions for sleeping:

1. Keep your house/room uncluttered and clean (I don't mean to suggest you don't), with stuff put away in drawers and cupboards.

2. Pull bed away from the wall.

3. Put your bed frame legs in glass jars. Insects won't be able to climb up the glass.

4. Don't use a bed skirt (so insects can't crawl up the material).

I take out insects with a glass and piece of paper as Stranger suggested. But I don't throw them when I take them outside which can kill or hurt them. Spiders are fragile for instance. You can just let them gently go. 

Before you let the insect go, turn the glass upright. Insects won't be able to crawl out. Then look at the insect. Notice how beautiful it is. Because they all are. I love looking at scorpions because their structure is so elegant and stunning. I saw an old scorpion a few years back on an outside wall of my house, who had learned to chirp like a cricket. That scorpion was at least 4 inches long. The awe I felt at the majesty of that creature, who had lived so long it figured out how to attract its prey with cricket chirps, was amazing.

I agree with Blossom—find the beauty. Aside from the idea of not killing another living entity, and living amicably with the other beings we share this planet with, humans have been conditioned to think insects and some animals are pests. Resist this brainwashing, and open up your mind to the idea that there is more to this existence than what we have been conditioned to think. I'm sure you can look at a butterfly and find the beauty of it, but I can assure you this is possible with other insects as well. Think about the idea of compassion and kindness extending to all living things, not just humans, pets, and cute, furry animals.

I don't intentionally kill anything. Why kill? There are solutions that don't involve taking life.

thank u very much for these suggestions! i especially like the put your bed legs in glass jars, that might look a bit silly but we have some spare mason jars and this sounds effective! and i'll be trying the cup and paper method to move them outside and i'll be gentle. "then look at the insect." hmmm no thanks! i understand where ur coming from but i seem to have an instinctual dislike of bugs, i think this was passed on to me from one of my parents who has had very unpleasant experiences with bugs.

Is it ethical that our immune system kills trillions of bacteria and small bugs throughout our life and we do nothing to prevent that. Should we strive for a digestive and immune system that simply expells living bacteria as they are, I would prefer that, it would be a bit messy as everyone is breathing bacteria but maybe it wouldn't be different from toilet use, I feel bad for those bacteria, that being said, I tend to avoid killing bugs and sometimes have long conversations with them and they sometimes bring me new information, they are very sentient once you get to know them, a being with 250.000 neurons is very similar to a general with 250.000 people to command, so the leap was for me a no brainer, they are like respected generals doing their business. Hope that helps.

u have long conversations with bugs?????? i saw in one of ur posts that u do some channeling so i suppose this skill transfers and ur able to interface with insects? i would not think that communicating with them is possible, i assumed that tiny bugs have an undeveloped intellect and are more mechanical/reactionary with no personality? could u describe more about what they communicate or what u learn from them?