Speeking of Roaches does anyone have issues with waterbugs since were dealing with so much water? I found one today in my home and went freaking crazy cleaning and disinfecting everything. Could also be that I live in the Bronx :-)
I am the official bug crusher at my house, except for spiders which I insist of taking outside. I think it's bad luck to kill a spider and I think they are beneficial.
My house is surrounded by grasshoppers and crickets in the late summer/fall. It used to be a field - I guess they stayed. At least they pretty much remain outside. Except for a couple crickets that make it into the garage and drive me nuts. You can hear them but never find them!
BTW - You find it, you kill it before it gets away.
WOW, such an act you put on, Gwen. Accept the fact that Matt is a wimp and you have to do the dirty work.
Around here who ever finds it has to kill it, now! If you let it escape into the nether world of your home, you will soon have a breeding colony. Something you don't want.
You could always appeal to Matts repressed macho side and get him one of these cockroach killers... or to satisfy your softer side, you could always get the preditory one of these...
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Reaching my 70th BD, I realize that I cannot help but grow old. However, I refuse to grow up!!! My wife would tell you, "He may be 70 but, He's going on 17". Life is wonderful with a woman like that.
Whenever I find crickets in the house I put them back where they came from: the terrarium with our leopard gecko ... then I grumble about the small hole in the screen at the top ... then I sit there and watch him eat the cricket and totally forget about the hole in the screen ... until the next time I find a cricket.
My wife and I share bug catching / killing duties. If I'm home, I usually handle it. 99% of the time, it's a spider. And like Wildone, spiders are caught and released (except black widows - I kill those) in our house.
Which brings me to a true story that happened exactly one week ago. For those who don't know, my 240 is in my garage. It is a finished garage, that was originally set up to be a game room. Now it's my fish room. The garage has NEVER had a car parked in it (we bought the house brand new 10 years ago and it's always been something other than a garage!)
So Saturday I go to feed the fish and lo and behold - what do I find inside the aquarium stand - a tarantula! It was fairly small (3") but very aggressive (it reared up on his back legs when approached!) It gave me quite a shock, to put it mildly. So after I changed my underwear, I grabbed a glass jar, covered the spider, slid a piece of cardboard under, carried it far away from the house, and released it in a field.
All I can say is I better have earned some kharma points with the spider world that night!
Depending on the species determines who lives or dies in my book! I got the bageebees scared out of me last night driving home. I felt something crawling on my leg while driving and freaked out. I shook my leg several times and about 5 minutes later felt something crawling on my arm. Good grief! Drove like a maniac and whipped into my driveway and cut the light on and it was a small spider. Needless to say I beat him to a pulp. It doesn't pay to scare me.
Nice job saving the spider. I usually leave the spiders especially if they are on the ceiling since they eat the insects I don't want around. Unless it's really big, then I have to draw the line.
Black widows are common around here, but I've never seen one in the house. *knock on wood*
bugs in the car are no good- especially bees!!
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Accept the fact that Matt is a wimp and you have to do the dirty work.
or to satisfy your softer side, you could always get the preditory one of these... 
It was fairly small (3") but very aggressive (it reared up on his back legs when approached!) It gave me quite a shock, to put it mildly. So after I changed my underwear, 