I leave the dead mosquitos outside as an offering for the local flying squids, much like ravens they are smart af, and a pleasant addition to the square concrete jungle we made for some reason.
Like spray them with water? Sure, if they’re in the sink or on the counter. If you mean just swat them away, I wouldn’t trust that to kill them. And as soon as it doesn’t kill them, and they find their way back to the nest, there’s a chance they’ll lead others back, if they found so much as a scrap of food.
They smell SO BAD. I was super sensitive to it as a kid, and the smell would be impossible to get off, so I developed a habit of never crushing them.
Why tf would anyone crush ants? Is this a thing?
Like, killing them? One or two running across a table, and you just pop em?
You murderer!
I hope the smell never washes off your hand, you sick son of a bitch.
Look, if they wanna stay alive, they can take a shower.
Huh, oh yeah, like any invertebrate, bcs they are within human space which isn’t allowed.
Idk why my brainhole didn’t make the connection, I def know people that kill eg spiders if they see them.
I sometimes kill mosquitos that won’t leave via regular ventilation paths.
Spider Bros can stay. Ants too stinky.
We like you too.
I leave the dead mosquitos outside as an offering for the local flying squids, much like ravens they are smart af, and a pleasant addition to the square concrete jungle we made for some reason.
Thank you, but we prefer mackerel.
No, it’s ugly? I just swish them away.
Like spray them with water? Sure, if they’re in the sink or on the counter. If you mean just swat them away, I wouldn’t trust that to kill them. And as soon as it doesn’t kill them, and they find their way back to the nest, there’s a chance they’ll lead others back, if they found so much as a scrap of food.
As a tool-using species, killing them with something you won’t care about the smell being on seems pretty trivial.
It releases the smell. It stays around in the room.
Well, now I can’t help but wonder if burning them is better or worse.
Probably better, I’ve never tried it. I just imagine a bunch of tiny fireballs running around.
In my experience it’s way better, and that having a candle burning will usually clear up the scent of a crush in relatively short order.