Originally Posted By Dabob2 GA and Fla. have the biggest roaches I've ever seen - they call them palmetto bugs and are in fact a larger species or roach than you typically see in NY or CA. I heard a comic from Miami say once that when you stepped on one, you'd drown out the television.
Originally Posted By Pollyana tashaj...Was it Mickey Mouse???? Just thought I would lighten up the subject.
Originally Posted By tashajilek Hahaha i wish it were Mickey. You know what scares me is when i wear flip flops and something is near me. I think i would actually die if something went over my bare foot. A little garder snake almost did one time. I have never ran so fast.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance If I had like ten wishes, one of them would be to get rid of all of the icky bugs in the world without any of the negative consequences.
Originally Posted By Pollyana I stepped on a mouse once, with socks on. ewwwwwww......it came out from under the dryer as I was unloading clothes. That really creeped me out!
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Southern California is not known for big bugs. We are too dry. They like humid locales.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "I always wondered if the cats were strays somehow or actual pets?" When I worked there I knew someone who fed them every morning. She told me they were neutered/spayed and released.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance I read about them getting the cats, I think it was way back in the 70s when Tom Sawyer's Island was infested with rats. It said something about the workers every morning would have to go through the river and round up all the dead rats.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I stepped on a mouse once, with socks on.<< How the mouse got his socks on I'll never know... <--- raises and lowers eyebrows, does Groucho Marx walk out of the room.
Originally Posted By Pollyana That was great..... thanks for helping me lighten up the subject a bit....hehe
Originally Posted By friendofdd 2oony always does the Groucho walk. It seems it is the only way he can keep up with his dog, buddy.
Originally Posted By friendofdd When we lived in Honolulu, our front lawn would become covered with cockroaches after dark. If you happened to turn on the porch light and go outside, it seemed the whole yard was moving. One of the main reasons gekkos are welcome to live inside your house.
Originally Posted By PirateLover One time I went to Hawaii for a vacation and right by Walkiki Beach, I went to the Royal Hawaiian and saw a cockroach laying on its back wriggling around trying to get back up. It was so sick! But the number one bug that scares me the most is spiders and earwigs! Ewwww they are sooo gross!!! Ugh just thinking about them gives me the shivers!
Originally Posted By Daannzzz Cats can help with mice, rats and bugs. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXeOqYBMehE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...OqYBMehE</a>
