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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Palmetto bugs have shortened my lifespan.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Everything in the South shortens someone's lifespan. Palmetto bugs aren't the only reason I moved out of Florida, but they're definitely on the list somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Moving out of FL sounds like one of those things you'll look back on someday and not regret at all.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Like moving out of any post-industrial place that has become an absolute shithole.

Yeah, I'm looking at you, Middlesbrough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I know palmetto bugs are cockroaches and I believe they may have shortened your lifespan but they aren't the flying types, right?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

/r/cospenis is that way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My student accommodation had cockchafers. The university didn’t believe us until one of my friends presented them with one in a matchbox.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer?wprov=sfti1

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Cochafers and Cockroaches aren’t the same species btw

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

They can fly? I know they have wings, but I've never seen one fly, I assumed they were evolutionarily vestigial.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh my dear friend, they can fly, they fly FAST, alright.

And when they DO fly, my god, they went straight for you, often in your face. Cockroaches do not fuck around, so be quick, be precise, and be BRUTAL!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I remember the first time I saw a cockroach in my apartment I was terrified of it and of being called an untidy person. After a short time that fear faded and every time I saw one I immediately went on the war path.

Kill the roach, find where it came from, patch the hole, vacuum the area, wash the area, spray the area, triple check there's no food or dampness for them to live on. It was work but my unit had far fewer cockroachs than many other units.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Some Australian cockroaches definitely fly but don’t seem to do it very often. They’re quite noisy when they fly—kind of like the propeller sound you make if you trill your tongue—and there’s nothing worse than hearing that sound suddenly stop very close to you. ‘Oh fuck! Have I got a cockroach on me?’ I hate them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Hawaii has big ones. When I lived there, going to the kitchen at night and opening the fridge or turning on the light almost always had at least one flying towards your face. That's the only time I've seen them fly. Guessing they can't fly far, but are capable as a quick escape mechanism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Aren't you supposed to not kill cockroaches? i thought it'd attract more or something

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

a.k.a Slippah Bugs