I can't defend my own prejudices well enough. She knows I like ladybugs and butterflies and caterpillars. But admiring and respecting them doesn't extend to petting and kissing them. Most of the relationships in life lie somewhere on the continuuum between squashing and kissing. It's a matter of degree.
Love can be painful for bugs, too.
We've said goodbye to a few unfortunate snail playmates. Sometimes they don't want to be picked up, so you have to pull a little harder. You can predict the results of that. Katelyn says that when they die it just means they have to start all over again. This sounds like a Far Eastern belief, but is actually Orthodox Video Game.