"I just got a text from Doug about a palmetto bug in the house. How should I answer him?"
Doug is a friend from Chicago who's staying at a house near here. My answer to Mark was that he should step on it, and that they make a nice popping sound sometimes when stepped on. Mark, however had another idea. "Let's scare the crap out of him."
Text back to Doug; "Yes they bite, and they also like to keep warm, so they will crawl into your bed at night while you're sleeping."
The sick thing about it is that they do sometimes show up in your bed, and just about anywhere else you don't want them. Luckily they don't show up by the thousands like the smaller German cockroaches we had up in Chicago. The reason we're seeing so many palmettos inside is that we've had a lot of rain over the last two days, and rain will always drive the mostly outdoor living palmetto bugs indoors.
Big news this week here in Florida. Pythons have eaten all the possums, raccoons, and deer in the everglades. So what do hungry pythons do when they run out of food in the everglades?
Future text from Doug to Mark;
"Yes, and they like to crawl up into your bed at night to keep their food warm."
Ewwww. ARe those the giant roaches? I once saw one fly (awkwardly) across a room. Blech. I guess that's one good thing about England. No roaches but we do have giant slugs.
ReplyDeleteThey call them palmetto bugs, but they are actually gigantic, flying cockroaches. Chandler thinks they are fun to chase around the floor.
ReplyDeletebugs and snakes??? Yuk! Where's Alicia? I like her videos way better. Oh and yes, do keep the kids inside!
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