Are you an insect saver or an insect killer? If you found a spider in your bath would you?

Question

kill it immediately or put it out in the garden?

Answer 1

I'm a saver. Only things I kill are wasps, and even then only if they come in my house and won't go out again!

Answer 2

I try to be an insect saver, especially for spiders because they’re a natural insecticide but my dealing with them will still be out…out…out…of my sight.
Little tiny spiders don't bother me that much, I'll just blow them out the window (they land on the lawn).
Now big huge hairy ones, I usually call, or more accurately, scream for help or take a deep breath and use the system I have concocted which consists of catching them under a clear plastic bowl I bought just for that purpose (as big as my hand can hold and I have one in every room), then I slide a piece of cardboard underneath and carry the whole thing outside, as far as possible.
I would not want to hurt anything because I don’t want to mess up my karma and also I’d be too afraid their friends come and get me.

I don’t know if I’m being paranoid or what but sometimes, I feel like I’m taking out the same spider every day.

Edit: some people before me are right...spiders are not insects (arachnids, like scorpions, ticks and mites) but really, when something is crawling around, who cares how many legs they have and what exact species they belong to?

Answer 3

Quick point, a spider isn't an insect, it's an arachnid.
Now to answer the question, depends on the spider. A species I don't recognize is an automatic kill. (Don't want to risk it being poisonous and biting me while I carry it.) Most of the time I don't have time to do anything else, now that I think about it. If I know its just a typical garden spider, I try to get it outside unless I can't.

Answer 4

I'm terrified of spiders but i would do my best to put it somewhere safe. If it was in the bath it would end up on a piece of toilet paper and out the window. If it was huge and on the bedroom wall, running so fast that i had no control over where it went then it would most likely end up sucked up the vac. Could NOT sleep in a room with a huge spider in it. I just KNOW that at some point it would end up on me.

Answer 5

I'm an insect saver - can't stand people who kill wasps of mossies. Spiders aren't insects - I can't stand the sight of them but I know they play an essential role in the ecosystem and I have no wish to harm them. I wouldn't kill them or put them out in the garden - if one is in my house I run out to the garden!!

Answer 6

Depends on how big it was.
Or whether I was wanting to use the bath myself.
Also - is it poisonous?
And was it was trying to get out, or having a bath and playing with my bath toys.
What is the weather like outside, because I might prefer to leave it or kill it on a cold wet night, whereas on a warm sunny day it would be easy to drop it out the window.
Why is this question so difficult?

Answer 7

garden definitely # some are tricky and dance their way out of bottles glasses and other utensils Ive used but patience helps the kindly
and spiders help us keep a track on the insect population and keep down pestulance

Answer 8

I dont do either I am so scared of spiders and other creepy crawlies that I still scream for mum/boyfriend/b/f's mum to move it or do what ever with it!!!

If i was on my own then I would probably kill it, But very very unlikely that I would go anywhere near it to be fair!! Urgh you given me the shivers ( not in a good way!! hehehe ) xx

Answer 9

I would scream and immediately call my partner to deal with it and it would end up in the garden as he does not kill them much to my regret.

Answer 10

Flush it down the plug hole (after trying to take close up photos of it with the cameras macro lens) a bit of a white water rapids ride for it but it will survive.