PALMETTO BUGS!!!

[gmendoza]

I HATES PALMETTO BUGS!!

 

[downsm75]

What do they do

 

[A.T. Hagan]

That's a cockroach.

This is a palmetto bug.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/33670

Cockroaches you can step on. DO NOT stomp a palmetto bug.

 

[ChicknThief]

Why? I tried to look it up, but everything I read said that cockroaches and palmetto bugs are the same thing?

That's a cockroach.
This is a palmetto bug.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/33670

Cockroaches you can step on. DO NOT stomp a palmetto bug.

 

[redhen]

A palmetto bug is a roach on steroids...AND THEY try to attack you! *shivers*

 

[onedoodle3]

I HATES PALMETTO BUGS!!

But you live in the Palmetto State!! How can you not like it's pets???

on another note: I work with at lady that is from Rock Hill. Small world.

 

[dainerra]

It's true that both are species of cockroaches. The palmetto bug AKA American Cockroach can be almost 3" long while the Florida wood roach can get to be almost 2 inches long.
You don't know fear until one of them hisses and tries to chase you though.


http://emilybarton.blogspot.com/2008/11/of-palmetto-bugs-and-cockroaches.html

 

[redhen]

OH yeah... i remember one that KEPT flying at my face.. determined little suckers.
Of course i was tryin' to kill it.... so i imagine i ticked it off...

 

[gmendoza]

That's a cockroach.
This is a palmetto bug.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/33670

Cockroaches you can step on. DO NOT stomp a palmetto bug.

^ That is a hissing cockaroach.I know this because I grew them for chicken feed-bugs.Hissers dont fly,sting,or bite.They just lumber around.

Palmetto bugs are like cockroaches.They are 3" long,fly and are a nuisence.The are under my patio outside and sometimes at least one bugger gets in per week.We have a very clean house thanks to DW.There isnt any roach nests and/or leavings in any cabinet,nook,or otherwise.

I know I live in the Palmetto state,Onedoodle3....smart butt, but that doesnt mean I have to likes them.

Downsm75: They are just creepy,but with three indoor cats,they get eradicated PDQ.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

What something is called is relative to where you are at the time.

What is known as a Polecat to a large part of the US is known as a skunk to the rest of the world. Both are right.