Crickets And Spiders

[xp_meggan]

I tried to squish a big spider last night when it crawled on my pillow, but he refused to die. He's just all wobbly, even after I stepped on him. He's all uneven, and he's missing a leg and one of his many eyes is all crooked, and I'm starting to feel guilty.

And incredibly nervous that he'll want revenge if I try to use a rolled up newspaper to put him out of the misery he's obviously in.

...there's also a little black cricket who looks all beaten up. He tries to hop, but he's missing his back legs, and plops down twitching like he's going to finally pass away, before trying again. Poor little thing.

I scooped them up into a shoebox, until I know what to do.

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[x-meggan.livejournal.com]

I managed to paper umbrella Sir Cricket back to death. Mr. Spider is somehow managing to stare intently, while wriggling away from my picks. Could you do him? I didn't think he'd be able to see well enough with the crooked eyes.

Do we need to do anything else for them, after they're really and truly dead? Bury them out back or something? I've never dealt with undead arachnids or crickets before.

[x-mandelbrot.livejournal.com]

I will come over and handlebmister spider in a sec.

You don't have to do anything special as far as I know. It's not like hallowed ground will keep them down or something.