WTH is this?!?!

[Naturalhoosier 15,361]

Found this guy is our mudroom tonight. Killed it with an 8lb sledge hammer. Lol scared the hell out me!

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[Stuhoo 75,828]

In Florida, critters rule. Finding a little fella that size is called..."Tuesday".

[Naturalhoosier 15,361]

We didn't have bugs that big in Denver. That thing crunched like a peanut shell when I squished it.

[Stuhoo 75,828]

The State of Florida is overrun by a fancy creature called the "Palmetto Bug".

 

The reason they are called Palmetto Bugs is because there are so many of them, if we called them by their actual name... "Cockroach", no one would ever visit Florida!

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_woods_cockroach

[IU Hoosier41 14,465]

The State of Florida is overrun by a fancy creature called the "Palmetto Bug".

The reason they are called Palmetto Bugs is because there are so many of them, if we called them by their actual name... "Cockroach", no one would ever visit Florida!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_woods_cockroach

Ran into "palmetto" bugs at a rental once and the owner spent considerable time explaining to me they weren't cockroaches. I told him tomato vs tomato. Thing is a nasty cockroach.

[Never Daunted 398]

The only difference is that they can FLY, which, is freaking terrifying.

[mdn82 25,464]

Damn...  He found the first one I put in his house.  They only get bigger from here  :devil:

[hoosierwhodey 1,256]

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[theriverpilot 5,589]

The State of Florida is overrun by a fancy creature called the "Palmetto Bug".

The reason they are called Palmetto Bugs is because there are so many of them, if we called them by their actual name... "Cockroach", no one would ever visit Florida!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_woods_cockroach

My family became acquainted with these lovely creatures last summer on vacation. The owner of the house said "Oh those are just palmetto bugs. They're like beetles".

Yeah, not so much

[Hoosier116 318]

I will have nightmares now knowing that thing exists as a species.

[Naturalhoosier 15,361]

I haven't seen another one so I'm hoping that thing making an appearance is an anomolie. It looks like a black widow minus the red markings.

[JSHoosier 19,584]

A spider that size I would've sold the house.

[Hovadipo 53,008]

I haven't seen another one so I'm hoping that thing making an appearance is an anomolie. It looks like a black widow minus the red markings.

Black Widow's are actually tiny. I always thought they were huge, but they are really small. We killed about 7 around my house last summer...

[Naturalhoosier 15,361]

Black Widow's are actually tiny. I always thought they were huge, but they are really small. We killed about 7 around my house last summer...

Good to know...