Cockroach Thinks He is a Butterfly!
By @acelawrites
@acelawrites (19272)
Philippines
April 3, 2016 3:53pm CST
While on myLot this early morning, I was jolted from my seat when a big insect flew past me. I ignored it thinking it was a big moth or other "friendly" insect that got inside our home.
But it flew and flew around, then I recognized it was a cockroach! Just wondered where it came from since we have screen doors and windows, and our house is still relatively new so there's no such pests here. Maybe it came from the drainage outside. Can't slap it with my slippers because it was so quick! Later I will hunt where it hid.
Well, that cockroach thought he is a butterfly, the reason he kept on flying! What do you think?
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
4 Apr 16
@acelawrites Cicadas sound OK, at a distance, but are almost as ugly as cockroaches.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 16
But I like cicadas more than cockroaches which are "yucky!"
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 16
It is so rare that a cockroach flies like that, so I was so surprised when ti flew and even "perched" on my lap, but it was so quick I was not able to get rid of it.
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@shaggin (72324)
• United States
7 Apr 16
Oh no. I have no experience with cockroaches. Around here they are unheard of unless someones home is very very very dirty. I have never seen one. I have never known anyone who had one in their homes but have heard of a few families whose houses had them when I was young. I know that in cities like New York they are common and in homes that are very clean. They are just everywhere I guess like how we get flies or lady bugs here in our homes. I hope that you find it before it decides to breed.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
8 Apr 16
I guess it came from the drainage outside or from our neighbor's house that looks so old and not so clean.
@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
6 Apr 16
Yes, and I hate them so much because of the germs they carry!
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@JudyEv (342448)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Apr 16
@acelawrites After writing this I found one in my kitchen just before I went to bed.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 16
Yes, it is so good in hiding. So I will keep watch when it comes out.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 16
Yes, @Lucky15, later it will realize he is not a butterfly after all, but a "yucky" cockroach! ha ha ha!
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 16
Yes, I could had done the same, except that I was still "groggy" as I had just waken up.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
3 Apr 16
I hope you catch it! I did not know they can fly.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 16
@infatuatedbby , that cockroach was rare, I seldom see such flying cockroach so it was hard to catch and get rid of it.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
3 Apr 16
Ew I hate those things! I hope you find it and your able to get rid of it.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
4 Apr 16
@LovingMyBabies, it's one of my "missions" now, to find and get rid of it!
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
10 Apr 16
I had no idea roaches could fly. Luckily I have only seen them once, I think they came in with a delivery one winter, and they were very slow and we killed the pair of them
@Ruby3881 (1963)
• Canada
3 Apr 16
Those flying cockroaches are such a pest! I remember in the late 80s my father had heard about them migrating from South America or something. At the time it was hard to believe we'd ever see them in our country. But I have seen something that I think is a flying cockroach, and it was not at all pleasant!
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
3 Apr 16
Yes, it is not pleasant, so I have to hunt for it because it might reproduce inside our home.
