Yep! I'm not generally squeamish but the amount of flying ants in the sock that one morning did gross me out. I didn't use socks until mid-season last year so those creatures all wound up in my sand filter. No wonder I had to backwash so often!

My method of dealing with the Japanese beetles is to invert the sock and drop it into a plastic Folger's coffee can of strongish bleach water. They pretty much die. When I pull the sock out I peel off the matted dog hair and the bugs along with it and discard the mess. Rinse the sock and re-use.

Still, it's all pretty disgusting.