Did you ever go bug catching?

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  1. Sproutling

    Sproutling We are the Sproutlings

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    Nah, never. Bugs are scary.

    We went full on cockroach extermination.
     
  2. amaliajun

    amaliajun [Gloomy White Cat]

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    As a small little girl, I'm surprisingly pretty chill with bugs:blob_coffee: Except cockroaches and spiders.

    For purposeful bug hunting, back then I often hunted grasshoppers and dragonflies:blobcatblush: I live in a village so there were plenty fields to catch them. I just used my hands! At night its firefly~ Sadly, I never really seen it again since around 10 years ago. I only saw a few times the big black bugs usually seen in anime. Maybe because I live far from the forest area.

    I never really cruelly killed grasshoppers or dragonflies by taking them apart like some people above. Mostly killed them by mistake because the young me didn't know how to keep them alive:blobsweat_2:
     
  3. Beren

    Beren Holy Saint

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    I spent a summer rescuing bees from drowning in my swimming pool ... until one of them stung me. Turns out I'm not allergic to beestings but it did hurt.
     
  4. ludagad

    ludagad Addicted to escapist novels

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    Our school never had that activity. And as a girl, my friend group consisting of only girls didn't go bug catching either. However, when I was 3, I did like catching summer flies and eating them. Until my mother saw me lol. I've developed a natural distaste for bugs over the years tho.
     
  5. Krr1ss

    Krr1ss Well-Known Member

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    When I was little my dad loved bug catching (usually just butterflies) and he always goed with my siblings and me. Then, at 4th grade we had a class named nature defenders and I was called killer at that time...
     
  6. Lurking

    Lurking Do the dead suffer, or is it a sweet release?

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    roly poly

    and chase after butterfly type things.

    poke window lizard
     
  7. FIEND

    FIEND i eat crayons

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    yea ur pf
     
  8. Blitz

    Blitz ⛈️ awakened from the reverie❄️

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    Not really bug-catching but I've done species recording back in school where we would use transacts to measure species within an area
     
  9. Hazel00

    Hazel00 Highland Knight | From Karsuk

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    Yes, back then, me and my friend, we spent 1/2 hours everyday catching grasshopper (we release them tho(since me and him hate the smell), we play until tired and lay down on the grass laughing.
    that was 15 yrs ago.
    Now im scared of praying mantis and a lot of bugs ;-;
     
  10. northerner

    northerner a stressed potato

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    I catch flies using plastic bag and shake it. Then crush them until I hear a crunch. I'm very scared of worms but when I was a kid to prove that I'm brave I catch a two or three and throw them at my temporary playmates.
     
  11. Violet Blaze

    Violet Blaze Step Red Sibling | Holy Blaze

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    yes, I did. Catch a bug with plastic in the afternoon
     
  12. Fishy_MC_FishMan

    Fishy_MC_FishMan The Fishiest of Fishes

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    When I was a kid I did catch bugs sometimes. Usually these things.
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    I wouldn't keep them though. Just play with them a bit then let them go. When I was at summer camp I caught a snake once. That was kind of fun until it pooed on me, and then I let it go.
     
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  13. xyzVil

    xyzVil Well-Known Member

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    Yes. When I was a kid, I'd catch bugs and insects and put them inside other kids' shirts or bags. I was a pretty mean kid back then XDD I mean I'm still mean now but I don't use bugs anymore