It is with extreme pleasure
I flatten this here
Palmetto
Bug
Author: Dancing Echoes
I am a scientist by trade and artist by soul. My creative outlet used to be dancing but due to injuries and age, I must now find another path. I am hoping my writing, poetry and photography can be this new path. Awards: While I am grateful and honored for the numerous nominations, I don’t have time to respond to them with the attention they deserve, so for the most part, I am an award free blog. All photographs and words are mine unless otherwise credited. © 2015-2023 Dancing Echoes ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author/owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Christy Draper with appropriate and specific direction to the original content on Dancing Echoes.
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August 10, 2015 at 9:26 am
brutal 🙂
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August 10, 2015 at 10:01 am
Don’t worry, he’s not the last of his kind.
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August 10, 2015 at 10:35 am
lol, I would imagine they flourish quickly!
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August 10, 2015 at 1:11 pm
Almost that exact bug showed up on my dog’s ramp to the bed. Up close, the prickly things on it’s legs creep me out the most. Though it looks more like a German Cockroach than a Palmetto… idk. Florida bugs are the worst.
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August 10, 2015 at 2:08 pm
Yeah, these get pretty big. Some of these are longer and some are fatter. This one wasn’t as big as a Madagascar Hissing Roach but it was still pretty big. Roaches are gonna happen around here though.
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August 10, 2015 at 3:24 pm
Be my guest….I can’t stand the ugly critters! I think palmetto bug is a fancy word for roach! Ugh!
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August 10, 2015 at 3:40 pm
Oh yes, they are definitely roaches.
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August 10, 2015 at 8:42 pm
Nice image of the bug… but poor bug, squashed after posing in this picture. hahaha! 🙂
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August 10, 2015 at 9:01 pm
He never felt a thing.
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August 10, 2015 at 9:06 pm
Hahaha! Yup, for sure…! 🙂
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August 11, 2015 at 2:42 am
<grin> Ya know, cockroaches and mosquitoes are about the only creatures I kill myself. (I do allow butchers to kill things I like to eat for dinner. — Oh, wait… I do go fishing from time to time. Anyway…)
Not that I’m an actual Buddhist, or anything, but Buddhist teachings have influenced me. To the point that, I don’t take pleasure from killing anything.
Not that I think this — in any way — is a morally superior pusition.
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August 11, 2015 at 5:01 am
So now I know what a Palmetto bug is. Think I might have squashed it too – not yet buddhist enough to let that one past.
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August 11, 2015 at 5:08 am
I have been know to escort a spider out the door from time to time. These guys not so much. I do like fishing but not spear fishing. Once I’m down in their world looking them in the eye, I can’t do it. Of course if was my only means of food that would be different.
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August 11, 2015 at 5:08 am
Yeah, Palmettos are just big roaches.
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August 15, 2015 at 7:28 pm
Fancy name for a cockroach you southerners harbor. They’re the reason for pointy shoes in most northern cities, DE.
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August 19, 2015 at 5:38 am
Due to the insufficient a medical test you will see constraints predicated on any pre-existing conditions” that is.
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