Palmetto Florida Roaches

The florida woods cockroach or palmetto bug eurycotis floridana is a large cockroach species which typically grows to a length of 30 40 mm 1 2 1 6 in.

Palmetto florida roaches. Palmetto bug is a common name used to describe almost any large cockroach but it s most properly used for the florida woods cockroach this insect which lives in florida and nearby coastal areas is one of the largest species found in north america and is reddish brown to black with very small wings. Rather it s a southern coined catch all term applied. The phrase palmetto bug has been thrown around in popular culture. A palmetto roach is a sub species of cockroaches that are mahogany brown in color and can be readily found in palmetto trees in coastal regions.

Outside the house larger groups of palmetto bugs can be found under palm leaves hence the name palmetto bugs in woodpiles in the foundations of your house and under your roof shingles. They are usually about 1 5 inches long so they re really just really huge cockroaches. The baby palmetto bugs look like the average household cockroach but are a bit smaller. Three species of florida palmetto bug 3 roaches known as palmetto bugs.

They are also called florida woods cockroaches. When alarmed adults can eject an extremely foul smelling directional spray up to 1 m which inspired several of its other common names. The american cockroach left the florida woods cockroach middle and the smokybrown cockroach right. For all the stir it can create the palmetto bug doesn t really refer to just a single kind of insect.

Some people mistake these roaches with other german and oriental. A palmetto bug is known as the american cockroach. Florida skunk roach florida stinkroach skunk cockroach skunk roach stinking cockroach and. Palmetto bugs scientifically known as eurycotis floridana got its nickname from commonly being found in palmetto fan palms and cabbage palms.

A palmetto is a type of tropical plant with fan shaped leaves. Also named a water bug this misconception originates from most people naming roaches and beetles palmetto bugs in southern u s states such as florida. A palmetto bug is the colloquial name for the florida woods cockroach eurycotis floridana as the name would imply the species is native to florida and the west indies where it is commonly found in trees stumps under decaying leaves and cavities beneath tree bark. Scientists have established that people from different regions consider the australian cockroach the florida woods cockroach the smokybrown cockroach and the brown cockroach to be palmetto bugs but the main bug on the palm according to people s opinions is the american cockroach.

Cockroaches because they are commonly associated with the palm leaves or shrubs in that region. In fact some cockroaches including many of the ones listed above take harborage in trees.