insects* i've murdered

2x 'chiggers' (factually inaccurate)

fam. trombiculidae

were really two red ticks that are called 'chiggers' during larva stage**

2x gigantic cockroach

fam. blattidae

one happened at night, couldn't see well

was probably a v large beetle

second happened in my basement

was very fast, immediately thought 'fucking cucaracha'

1x mosquito 

fam. culicidae

happened mid-vampirism

thought 'you can't have my blood it's mine' in a scottish accent several times during, after

3x house centipedes 

fam. scutigeridae

'smooshed' thoroughly to prevent detached legs from crawling around post-mortem

saw the third's cricket-like hind leg trying to detach and wobble around, felt bad about taking its life i think

~10x small cockroaches 

fam. blattidae

at friend's house in baltimore while cleaning dishes

'tortured' them by pouring dishwashing solution on a goup of them, which takes ~30secs to kill them, felt consistently bad/evil while doing this

1x earwig 

fam. forficulidae

crushed w large vat of 'zipfizz' vitamin energy drink powder

happened while doing the dishes

was happy w the speed/accuracy of this kill

????x ???? 

fam. fucking everywheridae

walking around barefoot in parents' yard

walking around house while 'aloof'

walking around

2x houseflies 

fam. muscidae

one tried to drink my beer while i was at 'bukowski's' in boston w ellen kennedy

second was in the kitchen while i tried to do dishes, flew near my ear, almost slammed my head against the counter from surprise, killed with a fly swatter

1x ???? 

fam. wth ur so smallidae

nearly microscopic

caused perceptible pain while crawling on my foot, used thumb

???x fleas 

fam. pulicidae

gave dog that lives at my house a bath

1x giant ichneumon wasp

fam. ichneumonidae

captured in a 'to go' container while working at deli

gave it to a friend who is pagan as a 'peace offering' after a fight

died due to neglect/not being released

~300x flesh-flies 

fam. sacrophagidae

v large

infestation at deli

took a week+ to kill them all

felt 'helpless' mostly, they would have eaten all of the meat

3x scorpions 

fam. buthidae

happened while living in nicaragua

consistently appeared 'where expected' (hiding in a shoe, closet, behind a door that was open for a long period of time)

was never stung, though everyone else who encountered them seemed to have been

they look/act so cool, i consistently felt bad killing them, however the way peoples' bodies reacted to getting stung seemed horrifying

*factually inaccurate re subphyla, i think, 'anthropods' is more accurate, less direct

**when smooshed they leave a red 'streak', megan boyle pointed this out to me, apparently zachary german hadn't ever seen one before a few weeks ago 

i encourage people to ask questions in the comment section re my thoughts on 'murdering' small animals, i feel interested in this discussion topic