Except that they’re kinda fragile and break way too fast - the legs come off first thing. Cicadas are much more durable, and also satisfyingly noisy. Just sayin’. [/hijack]
I’d get all up in your face about how butch our bugs are, except I’m not actually a Texan and won’t even be a carpetbagger here by mid-May. We’re a-movin’ to Maine, where I hear the black flies eat palmetto bugs for an afternoon snack before naptime.
You have giant flying roaches in your house because you are a disgusting housekeeper. We have palmetto bugs in our house because they come in from the outside. Get it?
How big is the roach?
On a memorable night some years ago, my husband awakened me at 2 am to report a roach deep in his ear canal. It was your standard tropical roach, probably 4-5 cm carapace length. He could feel/hear the feelers grazing his ear drum.
It was not a fun night.
Just in a shoe? Count your blessings.
I wasn’t aware Texas and South Carolina were the same place. This was just a little Texas vs Florida friendly rivalry, no need to get personal.
Even if I am a disgusting housekeeper.
CairoCarol wins the thread anyway. shudder
Oh, I meant the general “you”. Not you personally. I have no idea if the giant gross cockroaches in your kitchen are “roaches” or “palmetto bugs”. 
Aaaaaaaaaand that’s the end of the thread.
give the shoe to the possum and move further north. way far north, way, way, far north
there isn’t a sock protective enough, set fire to the shoe if you don’t want to give it to the possum.
cairo carol, my sleepless nights are all laid at your feet.
Henceforth you may all refer to me as “CairoCarol, Slayer of Threads.”
Do you own a firearm? Personally I’d shoot it, because I’d just want to kill the bug - the shoe’s a goner as far as I’m concerned.
BLAM
::splat::
CairoCarol’s husband is lucky he isn’t married to me 