While i cant stand bugs in general, I do have the guts to step on small roaches and spiders that are in my house. However, water bugs, i cant deal with! I cannot stand the hot weather for this one reason only, the outbreak of water bugs! EEEWWWWW! I saw one this shabbos while my husband was in shul. Before my kids saw it, Hashem gave me this huge pump of bravery and before i could think coherently, i got a placemat and a large salad bowl, put the placemat in front of the waterbug, as soon as it got on the placemat, i put/threw the salad bowl over it, upside down so as not to kill it on shabbos and also because i didnt have that much guts to hear the crunch, got a plastic bag and slipped it under the placemat and ran with it outside to the garbage – placemat and salad bowl too!
My husband was so proud when he came home from shul and i told him the story! Although he did bring the placemat and salad bowl back inside for me to wash out…which is another whole story….!