OK this question is not about Puerto Rico.. It is about bugs. But I need an answer from someone who has been to PR & lives in the NE USA. I live in Philadelphia in a very crowded inner-city part where everyone lives in rowhomes. The neighborhood is mostly puerto rican. Last Night I found a huge bug in my house. I think it was a Giant Water Bug or a Cockroach from Puerto Rico. My guess would be a giant water bug but people travel back & forth to PR alot & it is possible maybe it came home w/ someone & got into my house. How do I tell the difference?? It looked just like the roaches I see in PR. But I remember when I was a kid my grandma had a water bug in here house & it looked the same too. It was very hard to kill & had long antennas. What was it?? It looked similar to this, but I couldnt find a good pic of a pr roach. Thanks 10 pts.
http://www.pca.state.mn.us/kids/c-october.html
2007-11-28 03:01:59 · 2 answers · asked by nena 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
This article says Water bugs are not roaches, but I think u are right.. i think they are roaches! But typically I think of big roaches as down south & caribbean usually up here there are only small roaches. Eww!!
All I know was it was very hard to kill. I stepped on it so many times & he just kept walking. eventualy when I semi-smushed him I flushed him doen the toilet so he couldnt get up & walk again!
2007-11-28 03:44:06 · update #1
I don't know that it was specifically from Puerto Rico. I used to see a lot of those buggers in my dorm in Tennessee. They may be native to somewhere else, but I think they live in the US too.
2007-11-28 03:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water bugs. A polite word for cockroaches. Yep, you saw a roach....
2007-11-28 03:09:46 · answer #2 · answered by dumbuglyweirdo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋