omg i found a cockroach in my room *ewwww*
just wondering if any of u didnt like bugs either
Dude, I frigging hate them. When I was little I had really long hair, and this gigantic black beetle got in it somehow and I only realized it was there when I heard it chirping in my ear. Waaaayyy traumatizing. I haven't had long hair since.
Cockroaches are the worst kind. :s
Yes. I hate them with a passion.
Esp. the ones that jump.
the bad thing is i cant kill them either
so they might infest in my room *ewwwwww*
Bugs don't bother me. Well, centipedes really suck, but I can kill them.
I'm not too worried about bugs. I never met a cockroach though, but I don't think I would be bothered too much by that one either.
I usually catch the buggers with a glass and a piece of carton and let them free outside. Catching them with my bare hands is something I do rather avoid.
And if a critter is already injured, my cats may play with it...
A catch and release program for cockroachs? I though that was only for fish.
Bugs are gross.
A lizard doesn't count as a bug, but I found one in my room the other day (ARGH time to clean) and it made me sick to my stomach.
Bugs are everywhere in florida though, so I try not to pay attention to them. Finding roaches in your pool is SO fun, especially when you're already swimming and they're 2 inches from your head.
Quote from: trapthavok on August 07, 2008, 12:45:49 PM
Finding roaches in your pool is SO fun, especially when you're already swimming and they're 2 inches from your head.
:o OMG!! EWWWWWWWWWW!!! If that happened to me I would absolutely freak out!! (not that I go swimming or anything anymore but...yuck.) Cockroaches and household pests in general just gross me out.
SPIDERS win!
I always kinda liked bugs as a kid. They were fun to play with, I'd make Lego obstacle courses for them. ::)
I don't even mind spiders, except... when there are enough of them in my small apartment to qualify for a full-blown infestation. These guys weren't terribly small, either (about 1-2" long). They kept spinning webs along the ceiling in the apartment--and especially my room--where they'd drop down onto my head or my bed (which was lofted close to the ceiling). And spiders make sucky bedfellows, lemme tell ya... They're not fun to find while you're taking a shower, either (think Arachnophobia, if anyone's seen it). Glad when I moved outta that place.
spiders freak me out
I don't mind spiders so much, but I'll get my mom to kill a black widow if I come across it. (We have them in our garage and she likes to leave them because they eat bugs or whatever.) My cats (I have seven) don't go for spiders, but they love to hunt the crickets that get in the house. My special cat, Atticus, has a reputation for being a fly hunter. He's damn good at it, too.
Oh the cockroach stories I could tell you from when I lived in St. Louis!
Lisbeth
I love cockroaches. I'd have one for a pet if i could.
lol *backs away slowly*
i had three walking sticks when i was a teenager, soon boomed to 70. What can i say i'm a bit of a nerd.
One of the places I taught at has a world famous entomology department that has a cooking contest every year, and one year, in revenge for a bad grade I'm guessing, I was picked to judge. Stir-fried crickets, grasshoppers, ants, the entire spectrum.
Some of it was even good.
Hmm... having a cockroach near your head in pool is not as bad as having them wash into your swimsuit lol.
And I know when was younger liked to play with them, or burn them (nice popping sound) held a few praying mantes and a secata (sp) once. Never could stand Centipedes, millipedes, and maggots though. For some reason am more squimish now than used to be :( dono why.
maggots are very good to cook with, adds texture and insects are almost pure protein - not sure how that works in a vegan diet however.
Nothing will get you outed in a group of guys like going "Ewww, Icck, bug."
I can't even go near spiders or bugs... unless its ants.
i am the designated capture and release agent in our house
spiders, moths, bats, on one occasion a snake
all of it makes me jittery, esp the bats...
but growing up in texas, i learned it was way less
messy to capture a cockroach ( they were big enough
to saddle and ride!) than squash it and have to clean it up!!!
and mates.... i have a 17 yo (bio) boy who hollers
MOM! every time he finds a tick on his dog!! :laugh:
Quote from: hizmom on August 07, 2008, 08:25:44 PM
and mates.... i have a 17 yo (bio) boy who hollers
MOM! every time he finds a tick on his dog!! :laugh:
HAHAHA NICE!!!
Quote from: tekla on August 07, 2008, 07:31:19 PM
maggots are very good to cook with, adds texture and insects are almost pure protein - not sure how that works in a vegan diet however.
Who's vegan?
And always wanted to try some of the stuff made with insects... even if have to swallow down a bit of squimishness lol.
Stick with the calmari and other interesting foods for now.
But yeh don't know what happened to me. Seems like my attempts to fit in better with genetic females effected me. I didn't used to be squimish about much at all. (except used be afraid of dark lol) some stuff I know don't handle well because of GERD which tends to act up when I'm stressed.
I love spiders, especially the hunters and jumpers. Cute little guys. Well, I'm pretty paranoid about black widows. They have a nasty bite. We had a widow in our bedroom last month, and it took me a whole week to catch the damned thing. It moved way too fast. I guess I could have smooshed it, but I hate to do that to a spider.
Cockroaches get an instant smoosh. I still have vague memories of the country I lived in when I was very small. I remember really BIG cockroaches (well, I was a small kid, so maybe my memories are exaggerated) and some that took to the air (that I didn't imagine). I remember one time seeing one of the really huge ones, so I jumped up on top of the sofa and emitted what can only be described as a girlie scream (are you sure it wasn't a girlie scream, Mulder?). Give me a break, I was maybe four years old. But I really loathe cockroaches and am not too keen on smooshing them because if they're big enough, you can actually hear them squish. That's kind of disgusting.
Slightly amusing cockroach story. One night I was asleep and felt something large and tickly crawling up my thigh. I instinctively scooped it up and tossed it over the side of the bed. Then I woke up (I definitely wasn't awake when I grabbed the mysterious creature). I spent a couple of wakeful hours wondering what the hell it was and whether it was coming back. The next day, I was in the kitchen doing whatever. High on the wall over the bundled up newspapers (we didn't have curbside recycling then, and we hadn't recycled in ages) was a large cockroach, most likely my nocturnal visitor. I was furious. So THIS was the culprit who had disturbed my sleep. I marched into the bedroom, grabbed a shoe, and started wading through the piled-up papers, yelling, "I'm gonna KILL you, you cost me three hours of sleep!" My then-boyfriend very kindly took the shoe from me and killed it for me. I'm not sure why he did that; I was doing fine by myself, and my blood was up.
I hate bugs. I can deal with them, but they're really annoying. I couldn't squish them with my bare hands (ants don't count in this instance), but I can squish them if I have some TP or a paper towel. I don't think I could handle a centipede, but I can handle pretty much everything else. I got tons of spiders at my mom's and my dad's. I stay up really late at my mom's, and once, at 3 am, I couldn't go to sleep because one of those dumb mosquito eaters was flying around on the ceiling. I spent an hour jabbing the ceiling with a sheet of TP until I caught the booger and my fingers hurt.
Another time, I woke up with a earwig on my arm, right next to my head. I leapt up on my knees and quickly shoved it of. And then proceeded to squish it. That was nasty.
One other time, I left a bag of pinecones in the kitchen overnight when I was 7, and the next morning, I woke up to my dad trying to get a hoard of earwigs out of the house. They were covering everything; you couldn't see the floor there were so many. That was even nastier.
I think was some kind of movie or something that got to me in regard to the few bugs I mentioned do have difficulty with. I watched to many scary movies as a child lol. (and ironically stress wore on me and my stomach to point I can;t watch them anymore)
Though after finding a wolf spider in my shorts when relieving in the woods on a camping trip (which left me embarrased wih my pants down in front of some hikers) I'm not real fond of them either lol but I can deal with them.
And always wanted to try some of the stuff made with insects.
Iowa State University of Science and Technology is the HQ for tasty bug recipes. I think they have a cookbook.
Quote from: Aiden on August 07, 2008, 11:15:22 PM
And always wanted to try some of the stuff made with insects... even if have to swallow down a bit of squimishness lol.
I already have and I don't care to repeat it.
Lisbeth
Quote from: Aiden on August 07, 2008, 11:15:22 PM
Quote from: tekla on August 07, 2008, 07:31:19 PM
maggots are very good to cook with, adds texture and insects are almost pure protein - not sure how that works in a vegan diet however.
Who's vegan?
I am, but that's disgusting :-X I would never eat bugs for protein. That's what protein shakes and beans are for! (But never mixed together).
They had a bug week at the zoo here once where you could try some type of "cooked" bugs. I don't think they were coated in anything thick like chocolate. We went during that week as a father-kids outing, and my dad and sister tried some but I refused. They said they weren't bad but...I was too grossed out to do it.
And yea Aiden, having a roach in your swimsuit is much worse!
Quote from: trapthavok on August 08, 2008, 06:20:35 AM
I am, but that's disgusting :-X I would never eat bugs for protein. That's what protein shakes and beans are for! (But never mixed together).
"I made your favorite! Beef jerky shakes!"(from one of the Digimon movies)
Quote from: The_Unforgiven on August 08, 2008, 01:36:36 AM
One other time, I left a bag of pinecones in the kitchen overnight when I was 7, and the next morning, I woke up to my dad trying to get a hoard of earwigs out of the house. They were covering everything; you couldn't see the floor there were so many. That was even nastier.
Lol, reminds me of one time I took the skull from a dead deer killed on the train tracks by my house. Most of the soft tissue was decayed off of it, so I shook some bugs off (looked pretty clean after that) and took it home and put it on my desk. I came back to my room after a few hours, and my desk and the skull were covered in beetles, maggots, other larvae, and a few things I couldn't identify, but it was clear that their job was to eat whatever flesh was left on that hunk of bone (big pincers/mandibles). It was kinda neat that the darkness and quiet of my empty room lured them out of the crevices of the skull. However, I figured my mom wouldn't be too pleased (living at home at the time), so I stuck the skull and bugs in a container and doused it with some nasty chemicals. It was a few years later that I met someone with a nice skull collection and found out that lye is the best way to do it ::).
I'm not too bad with bugs, they're more of an annoyance for me than anything. I do have a more acute disliking for spiders though. But my brother is the worst. He always runs towards me and jumps all over me screaming, "Get it of! Get it off!" Not the most "manly" thing to do, lol. My dad's the same way. I've seen crazier acrobatics from a 50 year old over spiders than in the best circus show, lol, too funny.
Us New Zealanders seemed to have given all the worst bugs and insects to Australia >:D
Though I did have the unfortunate experience upon finishing my shower, turning around and opening the curtain to see a MASSIVE WETA RIGHT IN MY EYELINE ON THE DOOR FRAME!!
Man did I scream then -_- Weta's are not, that pretty.
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OMG...is that HORN?!? Watch out, it's gonna charge.
I love cockroaches. I'd have one for a pet if i could.
Leave a bunch of food laying around, you'll have more pets than you can shake a (walking) stick at.
Looks like a cross between a cockroach and grasshopper, only huge with a horn! LOL
Looks like might make a good pet lol
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Oh fur cuuuute!!!! It's adorable! Can I hold it next?
Lisbeth (who loves all animals)
Quote from: kestin on August 08, 2008, 06:17:42 PM
Us New Zealanders seemed to have given all the worst bugs and insects to Australia >:D
Though I did have the unfortunate experience upon finishing my shower, turning around and opening the curtain to see a MASSIVE WETA RIGHT IN MY EYELINE ON THE DOOR FRAME!!
Man did I scream then -_- Weta's are not, that pretty.
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I think he's kind of cute. But then, I like spiders and snakes too. The only bug I have a problem with is cockroaches. EWWWW
Karen Lyn
Quote from: J.T. on August 07, 2008, 07:14:08 PM
I love cockroaches. I'd have one for a pet if i could.
Why, you can. You can have one two inches long. They sell 'em at pet stores, 'Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches' and 'Deaths Head Cockroaches' and one that looks like an ordinary NYC
Periplaneta americana, but with pretty speckles on its shell. They're all easy to keep, slow enough to handle, and unable to climb out of a glass terrarium. People feed 'em to lizards and stuff, they're less of a pain to raise than crickets.
I have bees.
I don't mind any insects coming within close proximity of me. that is of couse for the exception of the blood sucking insects. All other insects don't bother me, not even wasps and bees as well as butterflies and dragon flies and such. Unless you make a fast movement even the hornets and bees will not hurt you, they'll just fly around you, landing a few times then deciding that supper was not salty enough for them they will take off again. Same as any other critters of the wilds such as snakes won't bother you unless you startle or scare them into a defensive response, especially if they feel threatened, an instinctive action born from self preservation.
Also stay away from any of the larger critters of the wild you may find wandering about the sidewalks in your home town. These critters may have only wondered in, in search of food, but there are also some that are acting kind of weird. We had two such incidences take place twice in one week here in Vancouver city. Two bears one appeared to be full grown bear and another who attacked a lady in her own backyard was just a cub, very unusual behaviour for a bear cub to act like that because they are usually friendly towards people.
Just a little education about Mommy natures critters. I had lots of time to watch the behaviour of both wild and domestic animals, I lived a good part on my life either in the country or close to it, like walking distance.
Cindy
I hate bees. They make you all nervous flying around like that. I've only been stung once, and I didn't even see the bee until it was stuck in my palm. I was running along the shore of the pond, pulling the bee out as I ran. The stinger was still stuck inside, and my dad had to pull it out. I can't believe I pulled that bee out. I did it so fast I didn't even have time to think.
Last time remember being stung by a bee I was five yours old and was stung on the tongue of all places.
It got in the straw of my drink apparently. Tell you for years I kept any openings of my drinks covered when not drinking it LOL
I have been attacked by paper wasps on more than one occation, but I'm still not afraid of them. The only bugs I have no mercy on are mosquitoes and ticks. I'm the same way about leaches, but that's a different story.
Lisbeth
put down diatomaceous earth, it kept them out of my apartment when the neighbors didn't have proper hygiene. I like it because it is non-toxic for the most part but long term inhalation isn't a good idea. As long as you don't have small pets running behind your cupboards then just sprinkle it around behind your fridge, in cupboards and cracks between baseboards, etc. It is pretty cheap and effective. I don't like many bugs but I don't see a point to tormenting or killing them unless they pose dangers to me or my household. I hate cockroaches after eventually running screaming from that apartment building. Earwigs are also painted with the same brush because they look alike.
->-bleeped-<-boy
And bed bugs, brrrrrrrr. breaking out in goose bumps just thinking about them. But they also belong to the blood sucking species and yes there are a few other pests that can cause fairly extreme discomfort like earwigs which are quite capable of giving one a bite that is as painful as a hornet or bee. But most insects will leave you alone if you leave them alone unless they happen to fall in your clothes.
Cindy
Mosquitoes and spiders absolutely LOVE me. I wake up EVERY morning with an itch somewhere. I got a tick bite once at a school camping trip. I got it on Monday during the hike and didn't even realize I had it till Thursday when I was on the toilet (of all places). I saw a little black thing at my waist, and I tried to brush it off, but naturally it didn't, then I tried to pull it out, again to no avail. Only then did I realize what it was. Then I pulled up my pants and ran all the way down to the nurse's office in the main quad. That was nasty. *Chills* :icon_omfg:
ok hate ticks too lol
One time went rock climbing with my father and sat down in this cave one point. I ended up covered in little red deer ticks. Managed not to get bitten by more than 2 of them though. OK well maybe 5 bit me lol.
My dog got a tick once. My mom pulled it off of him, put it on the porch railing, and smashed it with a ketchup bottle. Blood splattered everywhere, including on me. I don't think my mom expected THAT. I freaked out. Dog blood. :s
When I was a kid overseas, I was merciless about ticks. I would crush the flat ones whenever I saw them scuttling about, and when I found engorged ones on horses I'd crush them, too. They made me angry. Torturing innocent horses, taking blood that wasn't theirs. I guess it's a funny way to look at it.
There were LOTS of ticks around--in the stables, the woods, the bull and bronc pastures. When we came back to the States, one thing that surprised me was the relative paucity of ticks. I mean, we had them, but it was nothing like the country I had just come from. I wonder why that is.
Quote from: Doc on August 11, 2008, 12:49:14 AM
Quote from: J.T. on August 07, 2008, 07:14:08 PM
I love cockroaches. I'd have one for a pet if i could.
Why, you can. You can have one two inches long. They sell 'em at pet stores, 'Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches' and 'Deaths Head Cockroaches' and one that looks like an ordinary NYC Periplaneta americana, but with pretty speckles on its shell. They're all easy to keep, slow enough to handle, and unable to climb out of a glass terrarium. People feed 'em to lizards and stuff, they're less of a pain to raise than crickets.
I have bees.
really? sweet! will have to look into that. i've got an old 20 gallon tank i'm not doing anything with.
lol eww
Quote from: J.T. on August 13, 2008, 05:53:28 PM
really? sweet! will have to look into that. i've got an old 20 gallon tank i'm not doing anything with.
You just need a reptile heater pad for the tank and you'd be set. You can mail-order some pretty cool looking ones, but you'd have to get a box of lots and would want another tank so you could sex-segregate the little critters before you're knee deep in cute roaches.
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Eublaberus prosticus, "orange headed roach." Nice looking cockroach. I want one now.
Im REALLY scared of Bees & Wasps!!!!!!!!! Like I will run away and scream like a girl!
But I love Spiders!
I AM A DYING COCKROACH!!!!
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Cindy
And then there's the ever-popular maggot. Somehow a fly managed to get into the trash can this week. I'll blame my partner, since he's the one who every so often leaves the swinging lid cocked, whereas I am fanatical about maintaining a fully closed lid. And the result, in sf parlance, was ten thousand little griglings that began hatching this morning.
I had great fun cleaning that up today.
Odd, I've never heard that kind of language before.
Quote from: tekla on August 17, 2008, 11:59:00 PM
Odd, I've never heard that kind of language before.
Oops, maybe it was griglets. Sorry.
That's OK, I work a lot, I don't get out much.
Quote from: tekla on August 18, 2008, 12:19:37 AM
That's OK, I work a lot, I don't get out much.
And here I thought you spent most of your time watching reality shows. ;D
I watch this great reality show, its called, reality. I've got this great special seat for it too, one step removed. But when you have to step over crack addicts tweeking on the sidewalks, bums passed out and having pissed themselves, then deal with some mulit-millionaire whining about some petty problem its pretty special. Then there are the fans, dunk (often), high (most likely) dressed to the nines (hippie bands excluded) that gets fun too.
Quote from: Arch on August 18, 2008, 12:28:15 AM
"The hammer is my penis." --Captain Hammer
Damn! I just noticed your sig! I was going to add that to MINE! That's the best line in Dr. Horribles Sing-along-blog IMHO :3 lol