Watching, not touching!

I do like bugs*,
and snails and slugs,
but slugs are slimey to hold in your hand,
and bugs are tickley, and may defend        
themselves, by a nip or sting,
and it’s easy to damage a leg or wing, –        
so maybe it’s best not to catch, just watch        
beetles, or worms, or aphids small:            
6 legs, more, or none at all:
they wriggle, or scuttle, creep, or crawl,
fly, or slither, jump, or run,
or sit, like the spider on the web it’s spun.
Yes, I even like spiders that are big and fat –
but people don’t like to see them roam
around the ceilings and walls of my home, –    
I have to evict them off the floor,
out they go through the window or door;
and if there’s a house-fly, mosquito or gnat,            
I’m afraid I have to swat it flat.

*loose definition: any insect or crawling creature

[This is a re-posting of an old one]