Have you ever saved an insect or Archnid? 🕷🐝🪲🐛

[. Rarity .]

I know I have,

I've saved plenty of wasps from freezing in the rain, they kind climb and just sit on me. Tons of spiders, and well any moth that's in my room because I don't like moths in my room. Juat alot of insects in general.

What about you?

 

[xSuperMario64x]

I have an interesting story.

one time my dad was cutting down a shrub near the garage and he found something weird on a branch, so he clipped it off and brought it into the garage. I saw it in the garage, and that evening I did some research. I found out that it was a mantis egg sac, and I knew that it would need to be put out somewhere the next day.

well I went out to the garage the next day, and I found it open. there were baby mantises all over the place, but thankfully they were all pretty much in one spot. we rescued all of the ones we could find and put them into the yard where they belong. it would've been better to move them sooner, but we didn't even know what it was until it was too late basically. I'm just happy we were able to rescue them. they looked so tiny and adorable


edit: forgot some details, this happened back in like 2019-20 lol

 

[. Rarity .]

I have an interesting story.

one time my dad was cutting down a shrub near the garage and he found something weird on a branch, so he clipped it off and brought it into the garage. I saw it in the garage, and that evening I did some research. I found out that it was a mantis egg sac, and I knew that it would need to be put out somewhere the next day.

well I went out to the garage the next day, and I found it open. there were baby mantises all over the place, but thankfully they were all pretty much in one spot. we rescued all of the ones we could find and put them into the yard where they belong. it would've been better to move them sooner, but we didn't even know what it was until it was too late basically. I'm just happy we were able to rescue them. they looked so tiny and adorable


edit: forgot some details, this happened back in like 2019-20 lol

Baby mantises? Those sound adorable!

 

[xSuperMario64x]

Baby mantises? Those sound adorable!

they really are!! they're so smol!!

 

[SkyKnight03]

I saved a fuzzy caterpillar that found it's way through the door and placed it outside not that long ago.

I mostly ignore spiders unless one is in my absolute vicinity. I usually try to see what it's doing and if there's a web I try to make it crawl back up.

 

[Seastar]

Occasionally I take centipedes out of my house and put them outside. Not the scary-looking ones called house centipedes. I swear the kind I get are less scary.
I have also gotten a bee or two out of the house but I was terrified when I had to do that.

 

[.: Meri :.]

I make a point to relocate any worms/caterpillars (that I know are safe to handle—don't touch caterpillars you don't know!)/snails/slugs/etc. that I find on the road or sidewalk to somewhere safe! Since they aren't very fast-moving critters (and earthworms especially can dry out and die in the sun), I don't usually trust them to get themselves back where they're supposed to be.
I also try to get any moths/other harmless bugs that get inside the house safely back outdoors.

 

[LadyDestani]

All the time! I rescue worms that are trapped on sidewalks and streets after storms. I capture moths, flies, and mosquitoes to release back outside if I'm able. I've also caught a few hornets and released them outdoors. Most of the other bugs and spiders that I find in the house seem to do fine so I leave them alone. I don't mind cohabitating with a few little friends. But if I think they're in danger or going to cause any issues, I relocate them.

 

[Giddy]

When it's raining as I walk to work, I desperately keep an eye out for slugs, snails and worms.
Snails are easy to save, worms I have to find a stick and slugs are the worse because I can't handle touching insects, so I get a leaf, place ot near the slug and patiently wait for it to crawl on the leaf before lifting it out of harms way.
Sometimes I feel bad but if I'm unable to get them on a leaf or if tue snails shell is a bit broken I leave it. Because if the she'll is too badly damaged I can't pick it up DX or if the slug decides to firmly attach to the floor making it hard to remove without possibly hurting it.

Saved a lil snail today there were a few on a bin, and one snails head was under the lid. It was a baby but I worried it couldn't get out so moved it.

I move spiders too, to an area away from people but still warm for them.

Any bees or wasps that come into my house we trap under glasses and release.

 

[VernalLapin]

Sometimes, If I like them enough or they’re too big that squishing them is gross. Weevils and leafhoppers always get top tier relocation services. Earwigs can get yeeted.

 

[pochy]

yes, usually i try to. i ushered a moth out of my workplace yesterday. at home i freaked out though cause suddenly i felt something on my arm, it was a tiny spider o_o. i reacted too quickly and smushed it, idk why i cried a bit over it i mustve been a little out of it xD

 

[lasagne_of_death]

Bugs? Yeah, it depends. Spiders? They live in their corner of the room, I live in mine. Moths? I'll crush them with my bare hands. It all depends on how I'm feeling and what kind of bug it is.

 

[Firesquids]

I save insects from my pool all the time, it's unfortunate they keep flying in there, I also let spiders and such out of the house.

 

[allainah]

I feel bad but only some, I really can't deal w/ bigger spiders but don't go out of my way to hurt them. No to wasp because they've attacked me before. But I have saved many flies in my home, i saved a cricket & a caterpillar from my room not too long ago
my fave bug is a mantis, I found a big one on our trash bin & once found a bunch of nymph mantis under our ladder. I let them go though ofc but it was hard bc they are the cutest things ever ;-;
I also love talking to them as if they can understand me, like hello tiny friend how are u doing

https://imgur.com/QruHc1v

EDIT: I have saved a wasp for the first time ever hahaha i thought I should update that
it was a baby one i believe? really small and stuck in our patio so i captured it in a large tea pitcher and let it out, bc, JUST A BABY

 

[ILoveAnimalCrossing123]

Yeah, I caught a butterfly, praying mantis and some spiders, and took care of them.

 

[Aniko]

I often save spiders from my mom and brother, I hide them in the basement in winter and relocate them outside in summer. I save luna moths from my cats who just love to hunt them. I'm planning to make littles houses for other bugs in the garden.

I draw the line at mosquito and fleas. Me and the cats are too delicious for them and they give us allergic reactions.

I don't like wasps too much either, I don't hurt them but they are annoying other bugs in the garden and eating all the strawberries.

 

[ILoveAnimalCrossing123]

I saved a fuzzy caterpillar that found it's way through the door and placed it outside not that long ago.

I mostly ignore spiders unless one is in my absolute vicinity. I usually try to see what it's doing and if there's a web I try to make it crawl back up.

Did you “catch” the caterpillar (like in animal crossing!)

 

[skarmoury]

caterpillars, worms, and beetles yes i remember back in my old dorm there were a bunch of girls shouting and looking at a caterpillar that was just minding its own business on the floor. it was getting kinda annoying the way no one was doing anything except point fingers at it, so i took matters into my own hands, slid a paper underneath the caterpiller, then carried it all the way to a flowerbed. idrc if people looked at me weirdly, im sure someone would've killed that poor caterpillar if i hadn't stepped in.

worms frequently get lost on our porch and a lot of them dry out there so when i see a live worm i make sure to carry them back to soil. beetles too, some of them get turnt on their back and cant get up so i gently push them back to a plant they can climb on.

i guess i draw the line at cockroaches, flies, and mosquitos. pesky insects need to go im sorry

 

[ILoveAnimalCrossing123]

caterpillars, worms, and beetles yes i remember back in my old dorm there were a bunch of girls shouting and looking at a caterpillar that was just minding its own business on the floor. it was getting kinda annoying the way no one was doing anything except point fingers at it, so i took matters into my own hands, slid a paper underneath the caterpiller, then carried it all the way to a flowerbed. idrc if people looked at me weirdly, im sure someone would've killed that poor caterpillar if i hadn't stepped in.

worms frequently get lost on our porch and a lot of them dry out there so when i see a live worm i make sure to carry them back to soil. beetles too, some of them get turnt on their back and cant get up so i gently push them back to a plant they can climb on.

i guess i draw the line at cockroaches, flies, and mosquitos. pesky insects need to go im sorry

Did you take care of it and catch it and put it in bug catcher

 

[skarmoury]

Did you take care of it and catch it and put it in bug catcher

hahaha nope! but believe it or not i used to catch bugs for a college subject i had (entomology), so actually yes i have a bug net & know how to properly preserve insects! one of my biggest catches was a queen ant