What's the difference between a palmetto bug and roach?

I've heard that the palmetto is just bigger and flies, but are palmettos roaches?

I've lived in the south before, so I have seen both.

Also, are crickets related to roaches?

Just curious.

R A I D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), also known as the palmetto bug or waterbug, particularly in the southern United States, is the largest species of common cockroach, and often considered a pest. None of the Periplaneta species are endemic to the Americas; despite the name, P. americana was introduced to the United States from Africa as early as 1625. They are now common in tropical climates because human activity has extended the insect's range of habitation, and global shipping has transported the insects to world ports including the Southern United States, Tenerife, southern Spain, Greece, Taiwan, and Cape Town and Durban, South Africa.


Characteristics
American cockroach adults grow to an average length of around 4 centimetres (1.6 in) and about 7 millimetres (0.28 in) tall. They are reddish brown and have a yellowish margin on the body region behind the head. Immature cockroaches resemble adults except that they are wingless.

The insect can travel quickly, often darting out of sight when someone enters a room, and can fit into small cracks and under doors despite its fairly large size. It is considered one of the fastest running insects.

In an experiment carried out at the University of California, Berkeley in 1991, a Periplaneta americana registered a record speed of 5.4 kilometres per hour (3.4 mph), about 50 body lengths per second, which would be comparable to a human running at 330 kilometres per hour (210 mph).

The adult American cockroach can also fly.

It has a pair of large compound eyes each having over 2000 individual lenses, and is a very active night animal that shuns light.

As I understand it there are subtle anatomical differences that make them "different" from cockroaches. They are like Donkeys to horses.



Vaguely. They actually have more in common with ants. They are not that related though. Crickets, Grasshoppers, Locusts, Jerusalem bugs {Potato Bugs}, Wimas from New Zealand, and Stick insects all have a common ancestry. I think termites also share heritage with them loosely.

Bees, wasps, Hornets, and ants are likewise part of a different family of insects.

Now for some Oingo Boingo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffU_JydSUa8

Now, why did I read this just before I was going to go to bed?

Palmetto bug and a roach are just the same to me...the difference? One is bigger and flies. *Sigh* I've seen quite a few Palmetto bugs. And yes, they are smart and fast! My dad had a field day trying to kill one a week ago.

just yuck

People actually eat these fried up all nice and crispy.......

In Kentucky?

Yep. I've seen them served at festivals. Fried roaches. Get them while there hot..........

That is hardcore redneck.

I bet they served those sob's at that damn dog race with those monkees. You just didn't look hard enough.......

That is just yuk...

In Vancouver you can get deep fried just about anything but my friend got a pic of a stand that read "Deep Fried Butter"

I'm glad you appreciate the Banana Race (that is what it is called). And you just might be right about that. You never can tell what you are eating at the county fair.

Another attempt to say, "If you can't kill 'em, eat 'em"? They are abundant and you'll never run out of them. *Gags* I'll take starving for 1000, Alex.

http://www.bananaderby.com/


Newark....here is the website for it. It is called the Banana Derby. I had it wrong, lol. Racing....derby...same thing. Haha! Enjoy!

I had an appetite up till now thank you very much!

There are other great choices for getting that daily vitamin dose:

Hahahahaha get it? He said sorry to "bug" you

they are both disgusting creatures...who should be...stomped on and killed..at every turn!!!