Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 17:20:50 -0400 From: Prem Subrahmanyam <prems@nettally.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2283$foo@default> Subject: Re: palmetto bugs
At 02:34 AM 7/29/2000 -0700, Phil Wilson wrote:
>
>What's a palmetto bug - I'm from the UK where we do not get these!
>
Phil,
palmetto bugs are largish, 2 to 3 inch long (up to 7.5 cm) cockroaches
indigenous to the southeastern U.S. They generally do not get into food
and such, like German roaches do, but rather hang out in decaying vegetation
(pots of orchid media seem to be among their favorite haunts) and eat
vegetable matter, both dead and alive (they seem to have a particular
fondness for live orchid root tips...aaaarrrggghhh!). While not the largest
cockroach species, by any means, they are largish, and can be rather
intimidating to the uninitiated.
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