curious question

[tielan]

Slightly random question, with possibly icky reminiscence.

How big are your cockroaches? What's the biggest one of those babies you've ever seen?

I just squished one in the shower and from the look of him, he clocks in at at least 3.5cm, heading for 4cm (about an inch and a half). Average sized as my experience with them goes.

Not sure what he was doing behind the shower curtain. Then again, I was having a wash, so...voyeur cockroaches? Ugh. Now that's the stuff of nightmares...

Comments

[cereta]

That sounds like a sewer roach. Here in the MidWest, I seldom see a roach bigger than half an inch. In AZ, we got them both small and the size you're talking about.

[tielan]

Seen the small ones around, but it's usually the big bastards that I encounter. (Probably because they're easier to squish.) I've heard that the warmer the climates the bigger they are. The ones in the tropics must be HUGE.

[rhianona]

Once they get that big, they're called waterbugs, or at least that's what my exterminator told me when I asked him about it. Either way, they're annoying as hell. (and as for biggest... probably one that was at least 2 inches. Thankfully, not in my home.)

[tielan]

Waterbugs? I've never heard that term used before! Interesting...

[rhianona]

*shrugs* I think they're in the same family as a cockroach. I call them a roach, but two different exterminators have told me they're waterbugs when they get that big. It could be a US thing.

[tielan]

One language, many variations!