You know the ones Ants and Spiders and the like.
The simply act of walking can be responsible for the taking of life.
For 2 days there has been a small white moth, most likely Acyphas semiochrea, - omnivorous tussock moth, fluttering around in my home.
This morning as I was showering I noticed said moth swimming in the water below me. Then down the drain it went. Dieded.
Poor moth. Did not deserve death before it’s time was due.
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Everytime you wash your hands you are killing bacteria.
I think if I lived in Australia I would not be far too worried that a spider is poisonous. Over here I catch them with cup and paper and throw the whole lot outside. I also hate killing flies and try to guide them out of the house, but have to be ruthless with those little black flies that multiply in your food waste bin. There is a jar trap you can make with vinegar honey & water covered with perforated cling film. They die happy.
I once made a vegan friend question whether she should be eating bread because yeast is a living organism…
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I’ve sometimes thought about the life of insects. They must have feelings to some degree …or is it instincts? They appear to feel fear (much the same as we) do when they take evasive action from life-threatening situations. I avoid harming them unless they are a threat to my well-being but they can’t help being what they are and acting the way nature dictates.
Why do they all think I’m scary
Because my legs are too long?
Or is it because I’m quite hairy
Now how can that be so wrong!?
I’d love to run round and play
Yet I’m forced to be a good hider
So I live in the cupboard all day
Well, such is the life of a spider.
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I went inside our shed
And found a bee, stone dead
What a shame it had to die
Never more to buzz and fly
No more making honey
That ends up in a tummy
Or flying around some ears
Having fun with human fears
Gone from the nest for hours
After visiting the flowers
It must have caused a buzz
Like missing family does
Lots of words in ‘bee’ were said
But I bet no ‘bzzzz’ ever lead
To the fact the bee just flew inside
Our shed and simply went and died.
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I blame the Boots
These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days, these boots are gonna walk all over you!!
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I do kill clothes moth, mainly because I have a lot of mohair & other natural fibre teddy bears & the moths love them. I had to throw in the dust bin two really nice & expensive stuffed animals as the moths got them. I was gutted & I had got moth repellent sachet everywhere too. Other moths get rescued & put out.
Spiders I put out doors, safely, whether they want to go or not. One spider I will kill is the False Widow, evil little bugger that one. I hate those.
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No need to exterminate if you deter them from entering your wardrobes. I use cedar oil which moths hate and I never see moths anywhere near my clothing👍 Also my wooden hangers are made from cedar for double protection.
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Used that still got eaten. They don’t eat my clothing they eat my bears & animals.
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Do you use that in your Wallet? 
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There are only two venomous spiders really (ignoring the white-tailed) the Redback and the Funnel Web.
No one has died from a spider bite since the 1970s they are easily treatable. I have coexisted with a colony of Redbacks living in my garage door since it was built over 40 years ago. There are Redback somewhere near my back door because I see their odd webs (not really webs just strands)
The worst spider in my opinion is the Orb Weaver which builds incredible, sticky webs across passageways that you walk into. They are not a danger to humans just very sticky.
The biggest spider is probably the Huntsman, their legs make them about as big as your hand - I like them in my house. One scared the crap out of my visiting sister in law when she saw one on the ceiling and I had to trap it and put it outside to calm her down. I like them because they don’t build webs and live on cockroaches and the like.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/al_YCEL9BRI
Most spiders are venomous but few have fangs that can penetrate human skin - basically only the two mention at the beginning of this post
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