I guess I don’t really care because we’re talking about moths here, and those fuckers definitely aren’t human, but I still don’t like killing things… even if they are moths.
Anyway… for the second time in a week, I was interrupted in my office at home because a moth was flying around my head while I was at the computer.
I HATE MOTHS!
(I don’t hate many things, but moths are pretty much at the top of the list.)
Anyway, so the appropriate course of action is to run screaming from the room, right?
In order to draw the moth out of the room, I turn off the lights in the office and the monitor and then turn the lights on in the hallway. Then, I go into the den, turn on the lights there and watch TV until the stupid thing flies out of the office and into the den where I’m at. (Why, oh WHY do they always follow me wherever I go?!?!?)
Tonight it only took about half an hour for this to happen. When I saw the moth flying around the den, I turned the TV and the lights in the house off and lit a small candle (tealight). Then I went back into the office and SHUT THE DOOR.
I expect that when I go eventually emerge from the office in a little while (no, I don’t make it a habit to leave candles unattended), I will find a dead moth in/near the candle.
Then I will ask beg Yoshi to dispose of it.
Ok, like I said, I really don’t care if this is humane or not. It just seems like the easiest way to kill the moth without actually touching it. Lest you suggest that I just swat it ’til it dies, it’s not the MOTH that is so insidious, but the MOTH DUST. And everyone knows that swatting a moth only spreads the moth dust around. Eeek.
(There is a story about moths and the dangers of moth dust, but I have been banned from traumatizing the world with it. Just take my word for it: moth dust is evil.)
::moth invasion:: ::thingsihate::
and just for daniel: ::just one danger of moth dust::
The little moths don’t bug me much, but the big ones really annoy me…not to the point of murder, though. I’d much rather have a moth in the house than a bee or mesquito - those actually cause damage. But I do understand your annoyance.
I googled, and I cannot find any dangers of the dust of moth…
Well, moths are actually tastier than ladybugs. They don’t have any alkaloids that they bleed from their leg joints, and they have lots of protein!
Moths are easy to get rid of with their big flappy-assed wings. Just wait til it takes a break and lands. Then just grab it by the wings and take it outside. Piece of cake, and humane too!
They’re easy targets for my cat. She sees one of those things floppin’ around and she goes haywire.
Nez, there will be no grabbing of moths. It violates the “no touching moths” part of the whole thing. Also, this does not work for the teeny tiny moths that just spread moth dust when they fly.
Muckdog, unfortunately, I am highly allergic to cats. Otherwise, I would employ some to kill moths for me.
Eeww. Moth dust.
I hate moths, hate them hate them hate them. I just was woken up by this huge moth which refuses to die for me. I do not ask for much from the moth ppulation. So i did as an normal person would do and run out of the room screaming.
I tried spraying it with deodorant but it just got angry and hid under my bed. Needless to say i was most peeved!