Do butterflies infest homes and destroy property?

I feel like it's less what they look like, and more how they impact us. It's still very human-centric, but ya know, not so much a beauty thing as one might think at first.

Roaches infest your home and spread diseases. Butterflies live outside and spread pollen.

There are a lot of things that we as an animal like or don't like due to evolutionary benefits.

For example we don't like the smell of excrement because those that didn't, stayed further away from it and caught less diseases.
Another good example is snake and spider phobias, those innately scared of venomous creatures survived more often than those that enjoyed their company.

I'm 100% that roaches (and relatives) fall into this category as well. We find them slightly disgusting because those that did, killed them and lived with less diseases than those that thought that they were cute.

Butterflies on the other hand posed no threat to us and remind us of flowers that were evolutionarily important to us (interest in agriculture).

Killing cockroaches is self defence. Killing butterflies is murder.

Idk man, all them spider bros prove this wrong.

Sure ascetics are nice but it’s all about utility at the end of the day

I try to not kill any without asking my scientist friend if they're invasive.

She said I'm allowed to scrunch all the spotted lantern flies, and I think they're very neat looking?

the pests will destroy homes, and spread diseases. butteflys are much more benign.

Recently, my sister wanted to kill a caterpillar and I said that when she sees a butterfly, she looks in awe, but when she sees a caterpillar, she wants to kill it, and that it explains a lot about our society. It was enough to save the poor hungry caterpillar

By the way, I don't kill cockroaches, I just shoo them away. They're nice and usually don't come back

Cockroaches tend to be food pests, butterflies are often pollinators. They're not on the same level.

Remjnds me of...

Dennis Leary: My fluffy little dog.. He's so cute- There's the problem. We only want to save the cute animals, don't we? Yeah. Why don't we just have animal auditions. Line 'em up one by one and interview them individually.

Dennis: What are you?

Otter: I'm an otter.

Dennis: And what do you do?

Otter: I swim around on my back and do cute little human things with my hands.

Dennis: You're free to go. And what are you?

Cow: I'm a cow.

Denis: Get in the fucking truck, ok pal!

Cow: But I'm an animal.

Dennis: You're a baseball glove! Get on that truck!

Cow: I'm an animal, I have rights!

Dennis: (pointing at leather jacket) Yeah, here's yer fucking cousin, get on the fucking truck, pal!

Dennis Leary, Dennis Leary: No Cure for Cancer

Crushing cockroaches is a great way to spread its eggs and have more cockroaches in the future. Spray them with soapy water instead.

so ... I don't crush either. I'm just not into it and I think they all have the right to have a fair go. I'm pretty sure they have enough to deal with without me fucking up their shit.

One spreads diseases, the other destroys my garden. Both are getting the boot.

Pollinators are beneficial while pests are detrimental. It's not a choice of aesthetics, but of self-interest.

In both instances, you're the moral agent who gets to decide. And it's not our advantage in intelligence or wisdom, it's our advantage in mass.

Morals have power dynamics, CMM.

Call me a hater, but I consider anyone who kills any bug, arachnid, insect, whatever, a hero. Absolutely HATE them all, no matter how vital they are.

Edit:

Hater, not gated

you're not supposed to use your molars, bonesy

Wait, isn't it all esthetics at the end of the day?