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Since I moved to Florida, I see very large insects that my neighbor calls Palmetto bugs. What are they?

April 26, 2017bugs Florida insects large Moved Neighbor Palmetto

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Since I moved to Florida, I see very large insects that my neighbor calls Palmetto bugs. What are they?

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Many people refer to American or Australian cockroaches as “Palmetto bugs”. They get their nickname from the pioneer days of Florida when much of it was covered by Palmettos. These insects preferred to live in the Palmettos and thus were nicknamed “Palmetto bug”.