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The roaches are big down here in S. Florida
- Thread starter Wag
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right?? the beautiful cleansing cold
this is the problem with living in pseudo tropical environments, you know what else loves to live there... these things. and malaria
I found one in my parents house when I went to take a shit in their bathroom and I almost died of a heart attack. Then I run to spray the fucker and it died in the most gruesome disgusting way I've ever seen complete with running around like crazy in the sink, going face up, flailing its multiple legs, shitting itself and finally stopped moving. I swear the fucker yelled something when it died. FUCK the memories
Nightmare fuel.
Imagine it call out to it's siblings.... to avenge it, blood for blood!
This doesn't look like a roach to me. It also looks slow to move.
don't goggle palmetto bug before bedtime
I'm genuinely terrified of that because I've never seen anything survive more than a second from a can of raid. I've seen that shit kill everything from ants to bedbugs in less than a few seconds.
I've never seen a roach here in any place I've lived in Michigan, but those fucking marmorated stink bugs will be making their way indoors soon.
I've heard tell of these things in my parent's place in Florida, but I feel lucky to not have seen them any time I've been around. The only thing I feel actually fearful of are mice/insects invading a home.
I've heard tell of these things in my parent's place in Florida, but I feel lucky to not have seen them any time I've been around. The only thing I feel actually fearful of are mice/insects invading a home.
It took me a good year or two of living here to come to terms with the fact that seeing the occasional roach inside your home is "normal" after 35 years of living in Chicago. When I saw one for the first time I was ready to turn the place inside out or call the exterminator until everyone around me talked me off the ledge.
They are definitely part of life here, but the big brown American Cockroaches are not a big concern once you get used to them. Keep your house clean, check it regularly especially after a period of rain, and you'll be fine. I haven't seen any inside my house in a good year and a half.
German Cockroaches, though - those can be a real problem if even one or two make their way inside. When Hurricane Irma hit, we hosted a couple of family friends who were at risk of losing their home. One of them brought a few cardboard boxes of supplies in, and with it came a couple of German Cockroaches. It took me a good three weeks of laying down traps, poisons, and just emptying out my entire kitchen and both bathrooms before we stopped seeing one scurry across the floor at night. I was losing sleep, I became obsessed, but I knew that if you let them go unchecked they breed like no other and they get into everything. Preventing them from getting a foothold in my home was the most critical thing. No good deed goes unpunished I guess! When Dorian was forecast to come this way we actually told the same people that they could come back, but they couldn't bring any supplies and that we would take care of it. I wasn't going to risk that problem coming back!
They are definitely part of life here, but the big brown American Cockroaches are not a big concern once you get used to them. Keep your house clean, check it regularly especially after a period of rain, and you'll be fine. I haven't seen any inside my house in a good year and a half.
German Cockroaches, though - those can be a real problem if even one or two make their way inside. When Hurricane Irma hit, we hosted a couple of family friends who were at risk of losing their home. One of them brought a few cardboard boxes of supplies in, and with it came a couple of German Cockroaches. It took me a good three weeks of laying down traps, poisons, and just emptying out my entire kitchen and both bathrooms before we stopped seeing one scurry across the floor at night. I was losing sleep, I became obsessed, but I knew that if you let them go unchecked they breed like no other and they get into everything. Preventing them from getting a foothold in my home was the most critical thing. No good deed goes unpunished I guess! When Dorian was forecast to come this way we actually told the same people that they could come back, but they couldn't bring any supplies and that we would take care of it. I wasn't going to risk that problem coming back!
Oh god. I used to vacation in South Carolina, where there were so many of these spiders. I still have nightmares about running face first into one of their webs. Glad it wasn't on your face.
Of course it was on my face. I rode directly into it. Goosebumps just remembering it.
Yes. Yes, they can.
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Yeah it's fucking bonkers. I've fought the Skynet Roach many times in my life. I hate it here. Lol
Ha, sorry, meant the spider. But even with just web in your face, it's nightmare inducing.
I went out at night once in flordia and one hit me in the face. I haven't been back sense
Palmetto bugs aren't scary. They also have ones that fly and splat on your windshield when you drive. Good times.
One of the advantages of living in the greater Seattle area is that we have pretty small bugs. Nothing even remotely close to that one in the guy's hands.
They will survive indoors though. Remember to keep you luggage closed when traveling.
Cool. Guess I'm not sleeping tonightI'm remembering the time I was riding my bike through the Trails of Fort Clinch in Fernandina Beach. Ran face first into a Banana spider web. Threw my bike down and screamed and flailed praying it wasnt on my face. The webbing was so thick you could barely see my hair. God what a nightmare. Their webbing is actually yellow too. I know it's about the roaches but figured I'd share some other Florida insect / arachnid love.
SO HERE IS 2 pics.
Get me out of this god-forsaken state
don't goggle palmetto bug before bedtime
Am I weird for thinking this little guy is kind of cute?
I live in the Tampa area for about 3 years now and still haven't actually seen one, but I know they're around somewhere. The only time I've seen them was in Belize, and they were about as large as a squirrel and loved flying at me. :(
I'm visiting family in Tampa. I live in MI. The roaches are big, squirrels are tiny and oh my armadillos!
I lived in Florida for 4 years and didn't have a big problem with them. I grew up in a city and became pretty good at killing them. I usually use a combo of baits and spot spraying.
What really got to me in Florida were the giant spiders and dragon flies. I saw spiders the size of mice and those dragon flies were as big as birds.
I did get free pet lizards since they kept running into the apartment. On the bright side they also helped to keep the bugs at bay.
Oh then there were the bats.
What really got to me in Florida were the giant spiders and dragon flies. I saw spiders the size of mice and those dragon flies were as big as birds.
I did get free pet lizards since they kept running into the apartment. On the bright side they also helped to keep the bugs at bay.
Oh then there were the bats.
They were in Atlanta too. Grew up in Atlanta and thought that was normal roach size. I'll still take them over German cockroaches.
You guys have deer ticks/Lyme disease. Palmetto bugs are way better than that. They don't give you a horrible disease that stays with you for life if you don't catch it fast enough (which is easy to do cause the bug is as small as a sesame seed). And they're not ticks. That's in itself is an improvement.
I personally like the northwest. No Lyme disease or palmetto bugs and our worse spider is the hobo spider which there is some evidence that it's bite is not near as bad as the reputation says it is.
Can we nuke all the fucked up places you people live in where this shit is considered normal?
Sweet fuck.
Sweet fuck.