re: #72 Targetpractice

Unfortunately not, “waterbug” (and it’s cousin “Palmetto bug”) are slang in the South for our friend the cockroach. I believe the term “waterbug” came about due to their proclivity for showing up wherever there’s standing water and their habit of coming up through drain pipes into bathrooms.

Yes, when I was living in Mississippi I always heard them referred to as Palmetto bugs. And they have no problem flying straight at you for some reason. They would get into my apartment every once in a while.