So, I have to say that I've never been a big fan of creatures with more than 4 legs. I'm a little more tolerant of spiders because I fell in love with Charlotte's Web when I was about 8 years old, and besides, spiders eat other bugs. I have always had a gut reaction to exterminate any insect I find inside the house, be it a fly, ant, beetle, etc. If it's a stinging insect then I typically call in a male (sorry to be sexist but I've always been the sole female living amongst males) to help out, usually my fiance or my oldest son. My fiance, a vegan, tries to trap and release, even for European Hornets, and have you seen the size of those MF'ers?
Yesterday was unseasonably warm and I spent some time in our backyard, surveying it for wedding plans. When I stripped down to take a shower, a little gold beetle fell out onto the floor from my clothes. He was a magnificent creature! Only about a third of an inch long but with the most metallic body you've ever seen, shining like gold. I had no desire whatsoever to kill him. He ran into some crack in the tile and I haven't seen him since.
I think this is real progress in my transformation, although my fiance says I'm not fully vegan until I refrain from killing big, ugly bugs. Whatever, I'll still take it and celebrate it!
