re: #70 Captain Ron

Are those the the same as the water boatman I see in pools now and then in California?

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.