Giant cockroach - Periplaneta fuliginosa Moccasin Lake, Winston, Douglas County, Georgia, USA August 1, 2008 Size: about 50 mm
Need ID on this large cockroach (?), also known locally and in Florida as Palmetto Bugs. Photographed at night after finding it on back deck with flaslight, very skittish. Supposedly, these insects have taken a foothold here in Georgia from the tourist going in and out of Florida, of course this may just be a story and they have been here all along.
Contributed by Jerry Armstrong on 3 October, 2008 - 7:45pm Last updated 11 September, 2009 - 9:16pm |