what do you do when an insect flies in?

Hi Jb. It really depends on the insect. I would do as you do with a butterfly or moth, but when it is spiders, ants, mosquitoes, or flies, bees, etc., I...um...squish them. I've even had a couple of birds get in, which finally flew out a window I've opened, and once, a bat. Ack! That flew out, too lol. Karen

I do different things with different insects. If they are the harmless type, I'll catch them and take them outside. Flies, I'll kill. We live in farm country. There's a horse farm down the road from us and a cattle farm across the road. They attract flies... thousands of flies! These flies are MEAN, too! They bite and bite hard! I have fly traps outside, hanging from trees that are not too close to the house because they stink! Whew! I have to change them about every two weeks because they get filled up quickly! Yes, we have a lot of flies around here! Spiders, too, I kill. That's because I had a severe allergic reaction to a spider bite, got blood poisoning, and I NEVER want to to through that again! I let the spiders outside live, especially because they kill and eat bugs that destroy crops. I have my veggie garden, fruit and nut trees, strawberries and berry bushes and want every bad bug kept FAR away! My stuff is all organic. I do not use pesticides on them so I'll use every natural method possible to keep the bad bugs away, even allowing the spiders to take up residence around my garden. Ants are also prevalent around here. I have no problem killing those who happen to wander into my home. If I see where they're getting in, I sprinkle red pepper across their path. They won't pass it. Cinnamon works, too.

I would save the butterfly for sure as they are so beautiful.Bashing it is a sad thought. As for the fly's ,I kill them,As you know they sit on $hit! This is enough for me to know to kill the darn things.Bee's are pretty cool if you do not bother them.Its the people that start getting crazy swatting that typically get bit. They have landed on me and not bothered me,why would I hurt something that does my garden good.

i leave the window open and hope it flies back out. i really don't like to kill things if i can avoid it.if it's a bee and it won't leave,i may have no choice though.my bro's allergic to them.

it depends on the insect, it it's something that can sting, then i catch it and let it out, if it's harmless, i let it be and my cats end up catching it and eating it. my main concern with insect is the safety of my cats because they chace everything that moves, so i'd hate to see them get hurt by a bee. never had a wasp or buterfly flying in though...

Hi jb, Mostly, i would ignore it. But it disturb me, i will flap it or chase away it with newspapers or something like that. Killing is always not my first choice, as insect also have lifes. What i kill mostly is the pests, such as mosquito. As to bees and wasps, i will ingnore them too, as chasing them or flapping them isn't a good idea, just like you said. Happy mylotting!

it depends on what kind of insect that flies in..if its cockroaches or flies i do shoo them away or worse kill them lol they are dirty! lol but if it is a butterfly i dont, its not often that i see butterflies and i just let them be and wait for them to find their own way out of the house

Oh I always have this problem because I need to let my dog out to do business, when I open the door, the flies just fly in and out so I find flies in my house frequently, I will catch them when I get a chance. Depend on what insects, I might release them outside or just kill them, actually I am not the one that take care of it because I am not a big fan of insects.... my honey will take care of it.

It's simple - i open my windows or door to make them out of my house. Reason:Flies - means something smelly in my house. Find it first. Butterfly - i don't want it to go near my ceiling fans (it surely does and die tragically) bees and wasps - scary!!!

Ducked, avoid and run to the doors and windows. Then open all of them and wait for it to fly out! Nature is for us to cherish not destroy.

well, I'm so afraid of insect if i see insect flies coming to me i will run.. ha,ha,ha, because I'm so afraid of insect you know i have phobia of insect, but this is really happen to me in the farm of my grand father i see flying insect coming to me and i run..

When it is a butterfly, I keep it in a glass jar and then let it go free outside. If it is a fly, beetle, bee, or wasp of any kind, I try to kill it, even though sometimes they may be very elusive. I only kill them because they are extremely annoying.

i would not kill big insects because they could be a father or mother or going to have babies.I would kill small flies but not small butterflies or something like that but if you have allergies I would ask someone else to kill it 4 you or catch it

I tend to ignore things like butterflies, moths, flies, mosquitoes but quite recently where i am in Australia i have been noticing these bugs that look like giant mosquitoes but coloured red and have a long barb-like stinger on the end of their body. With those "Critters" i normally just get the closest thing that looks like fly-pray and coat it till it's white and glossy although im not sure that Mr. Sheen in a can will kill it.

I use to love catching butterflies when I was younger. But if a butterfly happens to get inside the house I will try to get it to go outside. I don't mess with wasps since they sting. Flies and mosquito flies in all the time. I try to kill them with a fly swapper or anything that is near to kill it with. There is a fly flying around me now as I type this. I'm going to pick up the magazine and swat it.