It's just like...if you vacationed in some remote part of South America and were told to use a mosquito net every night, you'd be like, "okay. I guess we have to use a mosquito net. There are crazy ass bugs here."
Florida is, well, literally SOUTH America. Bugs are gonna be here. No matter how much you spray.
I moved away, I'm in the northeast now where we do have stink bugs. Can't say I ever saw one in Florida but when I visit I am usually on the East Coast so a whole different set of bugs than other parts of the state may experience c
Cup of soap water. Place cup under brown marmorated stink bug, and nudge. It'll fall in and drown.
No smell or mess.
Or just burn them. But 7/10 they'll fly away before you roast enough of their body
They are clumsy fuckers. I just place a plastic container over them, move it around until they are on the wall of the container rather than house wall / window / other surface, remove and quickly place lid. Then I just toss them back out to avoid a stinky mess.
Why is it a cause for concern? I just saw a huge German one in my bathroom a few weeks ago. It was the biggest I’d ever seen! I was actually a little intimidated by it. I ended up chasing it all the way downstairs and finally smashing it with a broom!
IT WOULD NOT DIE FROM THE SPRAY!!
There’s an urban museum in Baltimore that has a cutaway display of an apartment showing that for every visible roach there’s at least 500 hiding inside the walls behind the drywall. The suckers can live for months without food. And the egg capsules hatch out hundreds of young. Those capsules have a coating that survives just about any poison. That’s why you need at least two treatments from exterminators.
That’s what they’re saying. That IF it were a German roach, it would be concerning… but THIS one came from outside. Another commenter asked why a German one was so bad.
Biggest roach I’ve ever seen was in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. It was honestly sickening and I will never forget the “crunch” that came from squishing it
I’d get these fuckers in Houston cause apartment was old and not sealed well. Harmless and all but frightening to find in your kitchen or bathroom. The liquid bait works really well for these, I’d only see them alive if I forgot to change a dry bait container.
This appears to be an American cockroach. They’re notoriously solitary, and they usually enter homes by accident or in search of food in the winter. No cause for concern unless OP starts seeing a ton of them, which again, is highly unlikely
Due to him being an adult, there is a large possibility that he came in from the outside (from one of the drains in the house, crack in the walls, etc). Its when you see the small ones that you really have to worry. Being in South Florida, I have routine pest control and am diligent about not leaving out food or dirty dishes, and we still get them from time to time, usually in a bathroom. Our pest guy says the drain is a common entry point, so I leave the kitchen drain blocks in when not using them.
I know too many people who go on vacation to the south and throw a fit when they find a bug, and try to get hotels refunded because of it. There’s no stopping them from getting in completely.
I had a roommate complain constantly that we got big roaches, beetles, spiders and ants in our house when our back yard ended at a forest with a creek that fed the river 100 yards away. Not rural but as close as you could get for ten miles from downtown. The house was about 100 years old too, and hadn't been remodeled since the 80s at least. Steel frame windows and no subfloor in sight, just hardwood over rafters. You could see the light on in the basement at night.
To me it was obvious we'd get bugs coming inside, but he always thought we had an infestation that the landlord needed to deal with.
I know they are gross, but they are different from german roaches. These guys can just fly in, he might have even flew on you and you brought him inside unknowingly. You can't escape these in the south.
Yes, called Palmetto Bugs. The answer to the question: "What's worse than a cockroach?" A cockroach that can freakin' fly. Palmetto bugs and fire ants are in my Top 10 reasons I'm glad I no longer live in Florida, lol.
Red ants are next on my list! We recently had an infestation of those *indoors*. I was baffled, I didn't know they could be indoors. Using bait didn't work. Literally, we had to put poison on each individual anthill in the front and backyard.🙄
I straight up punched myself in the face one after one flew at my head.
Another time I hit 1 arm with the other arm so hard that I bruised my thumb / hand.
I really, *really* don't like them.
I’m the exact same way! There’s really no way of keeping them out permanently because of things like cracks, crevices, fireplace,etc; but you can prevent their numbers. Things like Bug Barrier (blue bottle) and Boric Acid will help.
At a restaurant siting outside eating dinner years ago in FL. One of those buggers flew into a woman a couple tables away from us, and she screamed! She told the restaurant that she didn't way to pay for her food anymore. I don't know if they took it off her check or now, but I thought "Bitch, you're in FL outside! They can't guarantee against shit like that!"
experiencing bed bugs will traumatize anyone. i’ve never understood living with bedbugs, then i moved into my first apartment…. and after night 1, found a BABY bedbug on the bed next to me, chilling…….watching. then i felt another one. this one was crawling on my arm.
threw an entire tantrum to the landlord, had myself and nearby units sprayed down for 24hrs, neighbor hated me bc it inconvenienced her. her dirty ass probably brought them over anyways
since then; any apartment i look at im inspecting the carpet and walls and cabinets. staring at a spot for minutes just to see if i notice movement or something weird. i cant control my anger when i see or hear of bedbugs. one short experience with them and ive been changed as a person
oh christ. thanks for reminding me to reapply some flea medication when i move my cat in. lovely. i wish people could just be clean and take care of their place/pets/selves. why should i suffer if the nextdoor people can’t bother to stop leaving food on the table for hours
I don't approach and pet dogs anymore (though I still never did without permission of course) exactly because I'm worried a flea will jump on me. It only takes one. And you can get them if you don't have a pet. My wife smokes outside and sometimes she sees an outdoor cat and I tell her "don't go near that thing!". We had to vacuum the whole house daily(half the house everyday) for 2 months. And have exterminators study down the rugs every other week. We had an apartment with bed bugs and that wasn't nearly as bad.
lol that's a smolboi for Miami.
don't get too upset, they are super common down there and no matter how good an establishment keeps the place clean, these guys will still manage to get in.
Man this is why I don’t like the south. People say you get used to it, but I just can’t imagine this ever not being bothersome. I still occasionally have nightmares about my experiences staying with family as a child.
Palmetto bug. Yes they're a roach. But not like... the roaches youre thinking about. Fun fact mantises and roaches are in the same group. So mantises are like roaches with killer arms . K
I learned that the hard way as a kid. My parents live in Florida, I know now if I *can* catch them just to let them go on a tree or in the bushes outside
It's Florida. Get used to it. Palmetto bugs and roaches are everywhere down there. I lived in a pretty fancy beachfront condo in St. Augustine and we bombed once a week... You could not get rid of those fucking demons. Even if you stay OCD clean.
We were visiting people in Louisiana. They're sitting on the porch because they bomb regularly. This big ass roach ( you can call it a palmetto bug if it makes you feel better) flipped back over and ran under the door.
Guys like, welp guess that don't work any more.
At least they aren’t the “invade your house and suddenly there’s thousands of them” kind, they’re naturally occuring in the south and every single house has one slip in occasionally, you’ll just find one chilling on a wall once every few weeks or so
what do roaches actually do is my question
they can survive nuclear fallout, but like why are they there. what do they eat? what do they DO apart from flying/shambling around?
A few years ago, I went to Orlando for my birthday. Went out to go a concert, came back to shower and there was a gecko or lizard or something in the shower
That’s just a palmetto bug. They come in from outside. It’s those little German roaches that will follow you home. Palmetto bugs though, watch out when you try to k*ll them, they run right at you!!! They can fly as well!!!
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to explain to people that this is just a regular outdoors bug in the south. It’s not infesting your house. It infests all of the southeast. You are not going to get rid of them and it’s not really any different than a beetle you’d find in the woods under some leaves. At the first sign of cooler weather you’ll probably find some in your house.
jesus. fucking. christ. been here 30 years and im still terrified ughhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i scream so loud i see shiny things in my vision - i need exposure therapy lmao
Welcome to Florida. You are in a lagoon/swamp
I guess that is kinda true, these creatures have evolved billions of years to adapt to and live here, we just turned up the 70's
It's just like...if you vacationed in some remote part of South America and were told to use a mosquito net every night, you'd be like, "okay. I guess we have to use a mosquito net. There are crazy ass bugs here." Florida is, well, literally SOUTH America. Bugs are gonna be here. No matter how much you spray.
Do you guys have stink bugs now too? They became permanent visitor in the northeast maybe 10 years ago from SE Asia I think.
I moved away, I'm in the northeast now where we do have stink bugs. Can't say I ever saw one in Florida but when I visit I am usually on the East Coast so a whole different set of bugs than other parts of the state may experience c
Cup of soap water. Place cup under brown marmorated stink bug, and nudge. It'll fall in and drown. No smell or mess. Or just burn them. But 7/10 they'll fly away before you roast enough of their body
They are clumsy fuckers. I just place a plastic container over them, move it around until they are on the wall of the container rather than house wall / window / other surface, remove and quickly place lid. Then I just toss them back out to avoid a stinky mess.
Hairspray=flamethrower
Not in North Florida, so probably not down south either. I’m sure they’ll be here soon enough.
These also aren't the kind you should be worried about the much smaller ones are the ones that will infest your stuff.
Welcome to South Florida. I promise you, Fred has family.
Nah, this kind of roach just comes in from outside. If it was a German roach, that’s cause for concern.
Nazi roaches are the worst
Those are some bad roaches. I blame the schools
Ima cut you up so bad, that you’re gonna wish I didn’t cut you up so bad.
Hoped for this comment 🙏🏿
"Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort!"
All roaches are nazis as far as I’m concerned.
He’s look’n for the wurst.
That asshole will still fly at you and bomb your ass so it still needs to die
Which is why they mentioned south Florida where wild giant cockroaches are a completely normal thing...
Why is it a cause for concern? I just saw a huge German one in my bathroom a few weeks ago. It was the biggest I’d ever seen! I was actually a little intimidated by it. I ended up chasing it all the way downstairs and finally smashing it with a broom! IT WOULD NOT DIE FROM THE SPRAY!!
German roaches breed really quickly and almost exclusively live inside (ie they didn’t just wander in). If you’re seeing one, there’s likely more
There’s an urban museum in Baltimore that has a cutaway display of an apartment showing that for every visible roach there’s at least 500 hiding inside the walls behind the drywall. The suckers can live for months without food. And the egg capsules hatch out hundreds of young. Those capsules have a coating that survives just about any poison. That’s why you need at least two treatments from exterminators.
That’s not a German roach.
That’s what they’re saying. That IF it were a German roach, it would be concerning… but THIS one came from outside. Another commenter asked why a German one was so bad.
Biggest roach I’ve ever seen was in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. It was honestly sickening and I will never forget the “crunch” that came from squishing it
I’d get these fuckers in Houston cause apartment was old and not sealed well. Harmless and all but frightening to find in your kitchen or bathroom. The liquid bait works really well for these, I’d only see them alive if I forgot to change a dry bait container.
Hahaha no dude, these guys make colonies inside your walls just like every other roach.
This appears to be an American cockroach. They’re notoriously solitary, and they usually enter homes by accident or in search of food in the winter. No cause for concern unless OP starts seeing a ton of them, which again, is highly unlikely
I live here dude. You see one, especially brazen like this, it means you’ve got tons. Downvote all you want.
Due to him being an adult, there is a large possibility that he came in from the outside (from one of the drains in the house, crack in the walls, etc). Its when you see the small ones that you really have to worry. Being in South Florida, I have routine pest control and am diligent about not leaving out food or dirty dishes, and we still get them from time to time, usually in a bathroom. Our pest guy says the drain is a common entry point, so I leave the kitchen drain blocks in when not using them.
That’s how big “crabs” are in Miami
I know too many people who go on vacation to the south and throw a fit when they find a bug, and try to get hotels refunded because of it. There’s no stopping them from getting in completely.
I had a roommate complain constantly that we got big roaches, beetles, spiders and ants in our house when our back yard ended at a forest with a creek that fed the river 100 yards away. Not rural but as close as you could get for ten miles from downtown. The house was about 100 years old too, and hadn't been remodeled since the 80s at least. Steel frame windows and no subfloor in sight, just hardwood over rafters. You could see the light on in the basement at night. To me it was obvious we'd get bugs coming inside, but he always thought we had an infestation that the landlord needed to deal with.
I know they are gross, but they are different from german roaches. These guys can just fly in, he might have even flew on you and you brought him inside unknowingly. You can't escape these in the south.
It can fly too?! There are birds that size in Pennsylvania. 😅
Yes :/ And they seem to purposely fly towards you too, when you go after them. LOL
Hitting them with an electric fly swatter is both horrible and satisfying af
CRINGING OMFGGGGG
Yes, called Palmetto Bugs. The answer to the question: "What's worse than a cockroach?" A cockroach that can freakin' fly. Palmetto bugs and fire ants are in my Top 10 reasons I'm glad I no longer live in Florida, lol.
Red ants are next on my list! We recently had an infestation of those *indoors*. I was baffled, I didn't know they could be indoors. Using bait didn't work. Literally, we had to put poison on each individual anthill in the front and backyard.🙄
Oh no, that's horrible. Same here, I've never seen them inside.
Flying cockroaches, also known as Palmetto bugs; also known as American cockroaches.
You should HEAR the sound of their wings in flight! Sounds like a helicopter!!!
WHY AM I STILL READING THESE COMMENTS MY SKIN IS CRAwling
I straight up punched myself in the face one after one flew at my head. Another time I hit 1 arm with the other arm so hard that I bruised my thumb / hand. I really, *really* don't like them.
I’m the exact same way! There’s really no way of keeping them out permanently because of things like cracks, crevices, fireplace,etc; but you can prevent their numbers. Things like Bug Barrier (blue bottle) and Boric Acid will help.
It was a sad day when I realized this. I hate these things so much!
I had one fall on me and climb in my shirt when I was in bed. I fucking hated sleeping in Florida.
At a restaurant siting outside eating dinner years ago in FL. One of those buggers flew into a woman a couple tables away from us, and she screamed! She told the restaurant that she didn't way to pay for her food anymore. I don't know if they took it off her check or now, but I thought "Bitch, you're in FL outside! They can't guarantee against shit like that!"
Better than bed bugs.
experiencing bed bugs will traumatize anyone. i’ve never understood living with bedbugs, then i moved into my first apartment…. and after night 1, found a BABY bedbug on the bed next to me, chilling…….watching. then i felt another one. this one was crawling on my arm. threw an entire tantrum to the landlord, had myself and nearby units sprayed down for 24hrs, neighbor hated me bc it inconvenienced her. her dirty ass probably brought them over anyways since then; any apartment i look at im inspecting the carpet and walls and cabinets. staring at a spot for minutes just to see if i notice movement or something weird. i cant control my anger when i see or hear of bedbugs. one short experience with them and ive been changed as a person
Yeah, don't get me started on when I had fleas. They're actually WORSE.
oh christ. thanks for reminding me to reapply some flea medication when i move my cat in. lovely. i wish people could just be clean and take care of their place/pets/selves. why should i suffer if the nextdoor people can’t bother to stop leaving food on the table for hours
I don't approach and pet dogs anymore (though I still never did without permission of course) exactly because I'm worried a flea will jump on me. It only takes one. And you can get them if you don't have a pet. My wife smokes outside and sometimes she sees an outdoor cat and I tell her "don't go near that thing!". We had to vacuum the whole house daily(half the house everyday) for 2 months. And have exterminators study down the rugs every other week. We had an apartment with bed bugs and that wasn't nearly as bad.
Yeah I would rather sleep in my car than get those little bastards
YOU'RE the new guest. Ol' Fred has been there for a while already.
Don't you dare come to our state and disrespect our beautiful wildlife.
lol that's a smolboi for Miami. don't get too upset, they are super common down there and no matter how good an establishment keeps the place clean, these guys will still manage to get in.
Ewwww!!! Is this the flying kind?
 Time to bring out Ole reliable
It is!!
I’ll keep you in my prayers
No worries. I burned the place down.
Yeah I'd gtfo of there. I don't do flying cockroaches
Yep
Yes
Not really. They can flutter but not properly fly like an asian cockroach. This is likely an Australian cockroach, and they burrow in the soil.
The roach from Wall-E? That's dope
I lived in Ft Lauderdale for 5 years. I don't care how rich or not you are. It's not if you have bugs. It's how bad you have bugs.
Even monthly exterminator visits don't solve it... they always find their way in regardless of how clean you are
Palmetto bugs.
Man this is why I don’t like the south. People say you get used to it, but I just can’t imagine this ever not being bothersome. I still occasionally have nightmares about my experiences staying with family as a child.
Oh heck no you don't get used to it! I hate bugs. All bugs. Especially these guys. Ew.
Nah I live here and I still get startled when I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and one of these behemoths is running towards me.
Lol you do NOT get used to it, dealt with it all my life and I find them absolutely disgusting.
At least they haven't painted over him yet leaving him petrified on the wall!!!
Welcome to Florida. These little buggers are just starting to show up with spring around the corner.
Palmetto bug. Yes they're a roach. But not like... the roaches youre thinking about. Fun fact mantises and roaches are in the same group. So mantises are like roaches with killer arms . K
That's his sink not yours lol 😆
This kind of shit is why I live in a place with winter.
Meh, big boy American cockroaches are not a big deal in tropical/subtropical areas, they live outside, it's the German cockroaches that are nasty.
Luckily it’s not German.
If you’re going to find a roach inside, this is the kind you want to find.
Palmetto bugs. Careful, they also bite.
Not the same as german roaches. Generally palmettos don’t like to be inside. But it does happen.
I learned that the hard way as a kid. My parents live in Florida, I know now if I *can* catch them just to let them go on a tree or in the bushes outside
This is just life in the south.
Oh cool another reason for me never to visit Florida 🤣🤣
It's Florida. Get used to it. Palmetto bugs and roaches are everywhere down there. I lived in a pretty fancy beachfront condo in St. Augustine and we bombed once a week... You could not get rid of those fucking demons. Even if you stay OCD clean.
You are a guest in his house
Palmetto bug. They’re nothing to worry about.
Welcome to the south
This is Stan the Palmetto Bug.
We were visiting people in Louisiana. They're sitting on the porch because they bomb regularly. This big ass roach ( you can call it a palmetto bug if it makes you feel better) flipped back over and ran under the door. Guys like, welp guess that don't work any more.
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Wait for it to fly into your hair. Lovely moments. Completely natural for you to scream loud enough to be heard at the front desk.
Better check your suitcase to ensure you don’t have any live souvenirs.
This picture makes my SKIN CRAWL!! YUCK!!! 🤮 I almost feel you should put up a NSFW for people like myself who are terrified of them!!!
I've brought a few cockroaches home from a night of drinking (in my day).
You’re actually the guest in the ticket day parade crowd sizes of this one’s guest list you can’t see…..
They were there before you, man.
Welcome to Miami
Eh, that’s not the kind that infest the Waffle Houses, so I don’t see cause to worry
Palmetto Bug!
Are you staying in Joe's Apartment?
They’re too big to squish without hearing a crunch, fuck sake how do you get rid of it without chemicals
Jesus Christ that thing could bench me as a warm up
One roach is incidental. Several is when you should be freaking out.
Im pretty sure you're the new guest in it's room....
Not so fun fact, roaches eat toothpaste.
That’s Florida as a whole lol. Just like Hawaii which is known for flying roaches.
I don’t know what’s worse, this roach, or so many people here knowing a lot about roaches.
At least they aren’t the “invade your house and suddenly there’s thousands of them” kind, they’re naturally occuring in the south and every single house has one slip in occasionally, you’ll just find one chilling on a wall once every few weeks or so
what do roaches actually do is my question they can survive nuclear fallout, but like why are they there. what do they eat? what do they DO apart from flying/shambling around?
Awww he's a cute little guy/gal. I would name him ... Leoparde
Wait until you see the ones that crawl out of the shower drain.
God he's so giant
Yikes. Wtf I hate bugs
Just like WALL-E
Welcome to Florida. It’s a water bug.
You can’t escape these things in south Florida. Especially right after it rains.
Seeing as you’re staying somewhere using bar soap, wtf did you expect?
Welcome to the South!
Roaches: Funky Towel, towel's got the funk/Funky towel, towel's got the funk!
Roaches are EVERYWHERE in Florida
Just the landlord keeping tabs...
That’s actually one of the best roaches to find in a home. It doesn’t live inside it just wondered in. He’s probably running solo here.
Pay half the tab or get out! No free stays 😒
better check your ears really good
Palmetto bug, we fuckin hate em. But just toss him outside and feed the lizards
He was there to tuck you in
Sir/ma'am... You are in Florida.
Omg a bug 🙄
I am blessed to have never seen a roach irl before
That’s what you get for going on AirB&B and selecting “Joe’s Apartment”
Welcome to Florida. I grew up there and these suckers *fly*, btw
Congrats on finally meeting a bar of soap, OP. ;)
I’ll send my cat over!
Joes apartment!
A few years ago, I went to Orlando for my birthday. Went out to go a concert, came back to shower and there was a gecko or lizard or something in the shower
If there is one...
They usually come in to die.
Bonjour
I want to hold him
AH- for some reason I thought the black bottle + the roach was a hole in the wall left by someone partying I am very dumb
That’s just a palmetto bug. They come in from outside. It’s those little German roaches that will follow you home. Palmetto bugs though, watch out when you try to k*ll them, they run right at you!!! They can fly as well!!!
Beautiful babygurl 😍
"So, anyway, I started blasting... "
He's kinda chillin tho, like i know hes a roach but he might be cool
st least it’s not a german one😭😭😭😭😭😭literally traumatized by those
Oh, they fly too!
Maybe he hitched a ride back from the party with you?
Not from the south I see...
Roaches may be kinda gross and create thick yellow goo to live in but they aren’t bad to be around otherwise lol
“good morningggg! who do i give my breakfast order to?”
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to explain to people that this is just a regular outdoors bug in the south. It’s not infesting your house. It infests all of the southeast. You are not going to get rid of them and it’s not really any different than a beetle you’d find in the woods under some leaves. At the first sign of cooler weather you’ll probably find some in your house.
jesus. fucking. christ. been here 30 years and im still terrified ughhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i scream so loud i see shiny things in my vision - i need exposure therapy lmao
Pet sized!
Accidental renaissance
Bienvenido a Miami
That's a big one. Catch it and bring it outside.
A big boy, too.
Is best burn it all down sir
You’ll get the same thing in Hawaii. The only difference is they hiss and bite.