Question:
When you see a bug...?
2008-08-25 22:52:47 UTC
what do you do?
do you scream/freak out?
go get the air freshener?
or a shoe?
Guys, do you eat it?

have you ever eaten a bug?

just wondering.

I don't think that i've ever eaten a bug..
59 answers:
2008-08-25 22:56:18 UTC
I freak out if its huge nad running around ( especially the bastards that hang out in the basement)



AND OMG

I was bike riding when i was younger and these little bugs flew into my mouth....appetizing :( :S



ALSO, this was much worse, I stepped on a centipede once barefoot and had to pick off all the legs off my foot :S
?
2008-08-25 23:06:28 UTC
If it's a big bug in the house...I will kill it or put it outside, depending on what kind of bug it is. If it's outside I might ignore it, or watch it for a while if it's a really interesting bug. Except if it's a black widow, I always kill those so they don't breed and make more. Oh, and I always kill the scorpions too.



I live in the country, we get lots of bugs, some are really interesting. I found a stag beetle in the driveway once next to the woodpile, I was barefoot and almost stepped on it - yikes! I just watched it for a bit and let it go on it's way. It's the only one I've ever seen so I guess they're pretty rare around here.



In the summer we get these monstrous flying beetles sometimes. One year I had a couple of them that hung out on the screen to the laundry room window for a couple of days. They were big flat beetles, the big one was probably about two and a half inches long, the other one a little shorter. Every time I got closer than about 3 feet or so they would hiss at me. It was pretty entertaining, I left them alone and they eventually left.



Some years I get argiope spiders in the garden. They get really large, their bodies can grow to over an inch long and very fat. They are so beautiful, black and brown and white and bright yellow, very silky looking bodies. They are also interesting to watch - sometimes I'll have a dozen or so in a pretty small area and I will preserve their webs and basically leave them alone because they are so beautiful.



I never eat bugs intentionally - oh, except I tried chocolate ants once, they were spicy...but I'm sure I've eaten plenty unintentionally either in my sleep or in prepared food where I couldn't see them...I'm sure we all have...



Here's a tidbit to freak you out - spiders drink out of your eyes while you are asleep!! This is absolutely true, and twice in my life I have woken up with a spider straddling my eye. Bugs don't usually bother me but that does creep me out a bit...
LaLa
2008-08-25 22:57:35 UTC
Its not too often I get bugs in my house because my development is kind enough to have Pest Control, but when I see a bug I grab the Windex and spray it to death (because I never have bug spray), then I take a dust pan and broom and sweep it up, because I can't touch a bug with a paper towel or toilet paper...I don't want to feel it through the paper. If that makes any sense LOL



Why would anyone eat a bug?? EW
tin type
2008-08-25 23:01:58 UTC
Depends on what kind of bug it is -- or, more precisely, how fast said bug moves. Bugs that move fast totally creep me out. That's why I can't stand fast-moving spiders or those nasty, creepy, bristly-legged centipedes that hang around in the bathroom and the kitchen sing. Those will actually make me shriek like an 8-year-old and swing a shoe.



Anything else, though -- from spiders, to ants, to moths -- I usually try to catch and then let out them out the door.



It just those fast movers that give me the wicked jeebies. Yech!



Never swallowed a bug, that I know of.
mkt
2008-08-25 22:57:20 UTC
AIR freshener???? Does the bug stink??



It depends on th bug. If it's a cricket or potato bug I either let it be or put it outside.



If it's a bee, ant or annoying flying in my face bug - I kill it. With whatever works - a box of kleenex, a shoe, a remote - I don't care.



I have never & will never eat a bug.
Angel in Captivity
2008-08-25 22:57:15 UTC
I scream and run like a freak especially if it's a cockroach. Yuck! I hate bugs. If it's a dangerous one I kill it if there's no one else around to do it for me or trap it until someone can kill it. No I would never eat bugs intentionally but they say you eat bug particles all the time from processed foods. Candy bars, canned food, basically anything from factories.
Rat Cheerios
2008-08-25 22:59:59 UTC
Things that run through my head:

What the hell was that?

Can it bite me?

Is that thing gonna freak me out for the rest of the night? If so, I'ma kill him dead dead dead!!!





Ones that freak me out the most are spiders so huge that you can see the hair on their legs. I hate spiders overall, but the ones that I can visibally see their hair legs, that's disgusting. I grab the nearest flat thing me that I don't care if there's bug guts on it or what, and I smash him squished. BTW, I've never eaten a bug, even by accident, not once.
Jim N
2008-08-25 22:57:20 UTC
A few days ago I looked down and there was a huge spider on my knee. I knocked it off and crushed with some papertowel without even thinking. Only after the fact did I freak out a bit.



And I ate a scorpion when I was in China. They take a skewer of live scorpions and toss them on a grill and just fry them up. It was actually really tasty!
ramblinrose117@yahoo.ca
2008-08-25 23:07:04 UTC
I have grown up in the Country lots of bugs there.

How can they scare me as they are so small.

If a bug gets in my house I take it and put it outside.

don't like to kill anything but flys then I dislike they are magnets

They are the only bug I will kill.

I have a big bumble bee living in my deck out back

that I like because she/her keeps the wasps away

and I can hold it in my hand they don't bite unless you step on them.

Bugs are on this earth for a reason so not I don't freak out never did.
Love Your Stylist!
2008-08-25 22:57:30 UTC
Someone told me that we eat 8 spiders a year (while sleeping). Is this

true? Is it possible for bugs to crawl into your mouth while you are

sleeping, and your mouth would involuntarily chew up the bugs?

The fact is that we are eating bug bits all the time in our food. In the USA, the FDA allows a certain level of insect fragments to be present in food and you can check this out at this out at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
Flatleysdancer
2008-08-25 22:55:50 UTC
I've never eaten a bug, and I wouldn't scream I might smash, try not too, or I might let it go if it's outside.
Jaylynn
2008-08-25 22:57:38 UTC
I don't think a bug has ever made me freak out.

It depends on what it is most bugs i just kill with a fly swatter a magazine etc... I don't think i have ever eaten a bug.
Hani G
2008-08-25 22:56:53 UTC
I freak up like jump up and down and yell im a baby haha... well i have eaten a bug before but i didnt mean it flew into my mouth when i was running sooo gross!
Hello there.
2008-08-25 22:56:05 UTC
I go eww and either throw it outside or tell my mom/dad to kill it because I hate bugs, but I also don't wanna kill it...

NO I've never eaten a bug.

Bugs disgust and fascinate me at the same time :p
Sissy
2008-08-25 22:58:20 UTC
Depends on the bug,if it is a cockroach I have an actual overwhelming fear and physical reaction where I competely feel every single muscle go completely tense!

If it's a firefly I smile and try and catch it!
FoxyB
2008-08-25 22:57:01 UTC
If it's a small little thing, I just swat it away.



But if it has 8 legs, I try as hard as I can not to freak out (this is tough for me!) and I create a mountain of bug spray foam over it. I figure if it's not poisoned, it will drown.
EO
2008-08-25 22:56:28 UTC
Im going to play with it.yay!

and no,I havent eaten a bug YET.
2008-08-25 22:55:16 UTC
I scream then look for a shoe..I think I ate a bug when I was little once!
?
2008-08-25 22:55:55 UTC
I kill it with a shoe. I don't scream/freak out. No I don't get the air freshner. Yes I get a shoe. I'm not a guy. No
MADE of MADI
2008-08-25 22:55:25 UTC
i scream but i don't want it to get killed or to get hurt and no i don't think i've ever eaten a bug either
2008-08-26 02:25:02 UTC
i kill the bug and flush it :) i'm not scared of them but I don't like the idea that they're in my house.



I've eaten a bug before, it was really small and i squished it and ate it to show off to these people, I just shrugged and said: 'what,?! my doctor said I needed more proteins'. yep, that's how desperate I was.
2008-08-25 22:59:05 UTC
scream and freak out and usually hide behind my neighbors back.. cuz he scared 2! and no i havent eaten a bug, thank you very much
John B
2008-08-26 09:07:32 UTC
Last week when I was seeing bugs the Er doctor thought I was hallucinating and sent me to the nut house.
2008-08-25 22:56:16 UTC
depends on what kind of bug and where i am. if im with people i normally scream. (idk why though). If im alone ill jump up and take a breath and grab a shoe to squish it with. and if i dont kill it the first time i see it and it runs away i panic



but only with spiders and creepy crawlys
Aimee
2008-08-25 22:55:52 UTC
eww

i just get out of the room and get someone else to kill it.

and no i have never eaten a bug..
Hooray, It's Joseph
2008-08-25 22:55:29 UTC
Erm. I don't eat it.



Depending on the bug, I kill it with my bare hands. If it's a bee or mosquito, I'll grab the swatter.
thaat raad kiid !
2008-08-25 22:55:34 UTC
Kill it.

My brother says he's never eaten a bug.
2008-08-25 22:57:09 UTC
if its a bee or spider i freake out and call someone to kill it :)

i was on the Monster once.. and a bug flew into my mouth :S

it went so deep in my throat i had to swallow lmfaoo

sooo grosssee
2008-08-25 22:55:40 UTC
I be nice and put the innocent creature on a napkin and take it outside :)



Unless it's a spider. I can't handle spiders. Especially the huge ones, they get OWNED and put in the toilet.
Cheyenne
2008-08-25 22:55:38 UTC
If it is big and ugly I will scream and run.



Never ate a bug. (except for an errant moth)
KissingInTheRain
2008-08-25 22:56:10 UTC
If it's a small spider, I'll pick it up and put it outside. If not, I chase it around the house with my brothers baseball bat! =D
2008-08-25 22:55:56 UTC
when i see a bug all the hairs on my body stand up and I start to sweat and I have to get someone else to kill it
Amanda C
2008-08-25 22:56:08 UTC
i look at it. i usually dont do anything. unless its a big spider in my apartment. I have to kill the big ones, cause i wont be able to sleep if i let them live. the little ones get to live. thats probably why i always fing so many big ones.
?
2008-08-25 22:55:21 UTC
Scream and then get a shoe.
xorenée
2008-08-25 22:55:19 UTC
Depends on the type of bug.

If I see a cockroach I run for the broom and hope to god it doesn't move.
agoodgirl_msj
2008-08-25 22:58:43 UTC
When I see a bug, I carefully get it, and take it outside!!
2008-08-25 22:55:32 UTC
I get a shoe or something and end it's pathetic little existence
Maria
2008-08-25 23:00:39 UTC
I scream/freakout and I jump up and down and run the other way
chelsealuvhearts
2008-08-25 22:57:33 UTC
depends what kind it is and noooooooooo i have never eaten a bug i dont think...
2008-08-25 22:58:49 UTC
wwoowww... guys it's a BUG - a fraction of your size! i pick it up and put it outside. it's not threatening you in any way, why kill it!?
2008-08-25 22:55:05 UTC
i get a cup and trap it and throw it outside.

i think ive swallowed a fly once. eww
2008-08-25 22:55:11 UTC
No, no, no, and no.



And yes, I have eaten a bug.
Andie Mc
2008-08-25 22:55:49 UTC
I step on it or kill it depending on it's size and culture.
Georgia Rose
2008-08-25 22:54:59 UTC
I usually scream and call for hubby! =(
that should be me;
2008-08-25 22:55:51 UTC
i run far away from it, then if it doesnt go away then i hope over it and then go far away from it. x P



& no i havent, not yet.. and im not planning too either,
2008-08-25 22:56:56 UTC
If its a spider i swat it if its anything else i leave it.
2008-08-25 22:55:18 UTC
i freakkkkkk out grab anything close to me and give it a waccccck and kill that sucker =]
Elias S
2008-08-25 22:58:34 UTC
well ive swallowed a couple nats and what not while riding my bike. but idk i guess it depends on the type of bug, if you dont mess with them then they wont mess with you :P
2008-08-25 22:55:23 UTC
Find the nearest guy to kill it for me! :)
2008-08-25 22:55:44 UTC
You should eat one and tell us about it.
Denisse C
2008-08-25 22:55:20 UTC
i have maii sister get a shoe and kill it
♥Ballerina♥
2008-08-25 23:00:19 UTC
I scream and run to my dad lol. :\ Childish?? Yes... He kills it then lol.
T T
2008-08-25 22:59:36 UTC
look http://www.homesecuredot.com ,i think detailed enough:

i m tired to copy and paste ,to read it yourself.
marshmellow dance
2008-08-25 22:56:21 UTC
ewww!! bugs are my nightmare.
rohrz
2008-08-25 22:55:23 UTC
i get someone else's shoe and kill it!



no, ew.
Headiedoll
2008-08-25 22:54:54 UTC
I swat it away.
Leah
2008-08-25 22:55:32 UTC
catch it & then set it free :]
mas08wallace
2008-08-25 22:56:28 UTC
hit it
Miller B
2008-08-25 22:55:23 UTC
i ACREAN GTWSL


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