First time i knew of palmetto bugs: i was a teen living in Memphis, TN. I _heard_ something in the walk-in attic next to my room. _Thought, _"Maybe a mouse."_ Listening closely to hear which direction the mouse would scurry when it heard me, i very quietly went to the attic door, stood very still for a minute, then flung the door open with one hand while flipping the light switch with the other. _No scurrying._ _Also: _*_no mouse._* But standing on the shared wall, was a 4" long cockroach! Utterly unconcerned with the light or my presence. My mother had a Thing about roaches and i had only ever seen them camping or on late-night kitchen raids at a sleep over. _Never_ one in our house. And never one that didn't head for the darkness when a light came on. And this single insect was bigger than all those other _puny_ roaches *_combined_* -- kinda like it was making up for all the years i'd never seen one in my mother's house. I had _heard_ this thing walking up the other side of the drywall... We watched each other for a couple of seconds. Then i bent my leg up to pull my house shoe off. And it flew straight for me. Or the door. _Probably_ the door.... _right??_ But i stepped back, pulling the door closed behind me. Realizing as the latch clicked, that i'd not turned the light off. Damn! I had no issue catching a mouse or smashing a bug but when a bug has developed an attack strategy...? I'm re-grouping and at least _discussing_ it with some reinforcements. But the air had caught the door a bit and it had slammed, and taking my step back was just enough (honestly) adrenaline-boosted to be more of a _stomp._ My father's voice up the stairs, _"What are you moving or dropping? Did you fall? Is everything alright?"_ I called back down, _'Everything's fine. It's just a huge cockroa---'_ _"HUSH! I'm coming up there."_ He was upstairs by then, whispering, urgently, _"Were you going to say a cockroach is what all that noise was?"_ I nodded & started to explain, but he interrupted, *_"Never_*_ mention you saw a roach in this house when your mother is Home. You just come tell me & i'll deal with it. Mention it to _*_her_*_ when you're out somewhere. Public. In a group of people."_ _That's_ when i learned about Mother's OTT *_hatred_* of roaches. Not "fear". *Hatred.* _'Papa, i'm perfectly capable of "dealing with" a bug. But _this_ is this big, i _heard_ it walking. And it _flies,_ which i was _not_ expecting.'_ I was never a kid for exaggerating, but Papa's looking at me like, _"Why are _*_you_*_ lyin' about a bug?"_ So i reached over and swung the door open, and pointed to the pipe that vented the dryer from down stairs. It was there, watching my father & me. Papa said, "Huh... How'd you know it was on the pipe? I thought you said it flew at you."_ _'Yes & when i closed the door, it musta detoured to the pipe, because i heard it hit the thing and its feet tapping as it climbed up.'_ The why-are-you-lying look again. _'How would i know where to point? O. No. It was on the _*_wall_*_ when i came in.'_ Papa still with the _look._ And about that time, it launched itself towards us. Papa and i stepped back in unison and closed the door. Then Papa's quiet, _"Damn."_ startling me into turning towards him because my father _never_ cussed! Apologetic look and he says, _"The light's still on."_ _'Yeah. I realized that, too.-_ Then, _"You _*_can_*_ hear it land on that pipe, can't ya?"_ as we listened to its feet scrabbling up the metal. _"Well..."_ _'I was thinking about where's your shotgun...?'_ Startled him. Not sure we kids were supposed to know he had one for his every three or four year duck hunt with Mother's brothers. But he recovered, gave me a half-smile. _"Naw, we won't be needing that..."_ The smile faded and then a _very_ quiet, _"not yet anyway."_ Then. _"Let me think on this. We'll keep the door closed -- like _*_that_*_ matters. Don't worry about the light tonight. And, Nonn? Do. Not. Mention. This. To. Your. Mother! We'll say you dropped some books."_
Yeah I know how that is. I was frozen in 1 spot for 15 minutes screaming for my husband 1st time I saw one. Then we argued over who should kill it. Lmfao. 😂😂😂😂
Had that happen to me when I moved to Florida to be with my future husband. Never seen on that big but did know about german roaches but not these flying things. Fly sprayed it but it flew right at me and freaked me out. Told my future husband about it and he said oh a palmetto bug. 😟😟😟🪳🪳🪳🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️
That is absolutely true about palmetto bugs. You can hear the crunch, see that it looks crushed up and go get something to clean up the mess and when you get back, that bad boy is loooooong gone.
I learned young that you don't rely on the crunch. You hit it so hard that it flies into 8 different pieces and if it doesn't, keep hitting until it does.
We have them in SE PA. Let me tell you how much they hurt when they sting. One got me on the thigh while I was removing my pool cover. I treated it like a regular bee sting. No good. 2 days later, I was in the emergency room because there was a line of infection going straight down my leg. Took a good month for it to finally heal.😮
Moved to Florida from New Mexico in 1983. NM doesn't have the same bugs Florida does. Was washing my car one evening and started getting bitten by bugs or something I could not see!!! Found out from co-workers the next day that it was no-see-ums!
Oh, yeah... one of Florida's biggest nuisances that only gets talked about where they congregate. Peacocks. Destroy vehicles while fighting their reflection, poops galore, and you have not lived till you hear one scream like a terrified woman outside your window at 3AM. 😳
@@Cherylini100 Oh, don't get me wrong, I love the peacocks. If you are ever in Miami go check out where the old zoo used to be on Key Biscayne. Dozens of peacocks (and several other breeds including Canadian geese, various duck breeds, and several Sandhill Cranes) that are friendly and will eat from your hand. Bring your good camera and an extra battery. Beware though. There is a croc that lives around there and hangs out in the main lake. But about peacocks.... they have a lot of nuisance qualities while having a lot of great qualities. You take the good with the bad. Some folks lose it. there were actually several incidents in Coconut Grove where people who moved there from out of state started shooting them. 😱😳 Locals put the kibosh on that REAL quick. 😉🍻
Don't forget about the plants that'll jack you up! You ever get hung up in a Wait a Minute Vine or brush up against a Stinging Nettle! They'll light your tail up!
I once went to sleep. When i woke up a massive Orb spider made a 3 foot by 3 foot web in the front lawn. Now they bite but are not poisonous. My biggest fear as a Floridian remains palmetto bugs. Them things can grow over 2 inches long and have wings people....they will land on you like a boss....welcome to Florida. Please dont leave your trash behind on the beach.
Not poisonous but venomous. Those orb weavers are the best. They throw up a web every night and take it down at sunrise. Best way to avoid them is to not go out at night.
@@RobertPillaEver since I’ve had an orb weaver set up both out front and out back, I haven’t had any mosquitoes come in. As long as they don’t lay an egg sack, they’re good in my book. Now don’t get me started on the palmetto bugs. They just love to fly straight at you. I don’t get it!
@@danimatt100 yes there are worse insects that are by far more harmful recluses and black widows, like my ex-wife lol. But omgitswicks has it right those bastards will sit on a wall acting all chill then fly at you. Super annoying
Wood spiders😳Some people call them wolf spiders but I always knew them as wood spiders. Those suckers will chase you down. I don't have a problem with snakes but wood spider...😱😱
YES...I was watching TV, looked up...there she was. I very carefully slid out from under her. Then I went and got my spider jar to catch her, because I can't sleep with them crawling around!
I'm also from Florida. Lubber grasshopper, carpenter ants, golden orb silk weaver spider (some call it a banana spider), wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, ... You're right it's a long list
For some reason my nephew would complain about itchy bites that we found out are chiggers. Thing about chiggers is you rarely see them even when they bite you.
We have palmetto bugs here in VA && they’re terrifying 😭 I’d rather have a spider crawl across my face then to be next to a palmetto bug 🫣 && I hate spiders lol
Just finished my 13 mile bike ride on SR56 north of Tampa. Had to prevent inhaling tiny black flying bugs, off of my sunglasses, face, etc.; when I finished I had them all over me! Have to shower before I go to Publix...
One of the more unique bugs will attack your car's paint job. This is the Love bug. Cute name huh? Oh look there's a black cloud three feet off the ground and then realize you have to drive through it. As for their name, well they always come in pairs....😅
FLEAS and TICKS they don't just mess with your pets! I'm in Tallahassee and I ❤ your channel. Thanks 😁 oops I nearly forgot yellow flies (hate them!), horse flies (😬), Junebugs, and love bugs. The last 2 won't bite but they are annoying. 😂
Stepped on a scorpion in the middle of the night checking on the baby. It was comparable to a bee sting but I was new to Florida and wondered if I might wake up dead!
Those giant, golden silk spiders are pretty wild! Some folks call them banana or orb spiders! Not poisonous, but they will bite! Whasps, are a ton of fun! Or any fuzzy caterpillar!
We got a moth in our house and now they are just appearing randomly at times... We also have a bunch of fruit flies because I ahd some rotting tomatoes from the garden on the table.... Lots of garden pests out there too. Wasps and yellow jackets and hornets are also big here..
A lot have already been listed but here is a few I didn't see...Roly Poly, Stink Bugs, Chiggers, Termites, Fruit Flies, Silverfish, Yellowjackets, Praying Mantis, and BIG A-- Grasshoppers
Those palmetto bugs are aggressive. I saw a huge one in Texas and I screamed and it stopped and looked at me and started running towards me at an alarming rate of speed.
Stink bugs, lady bugs. They don't hurt me, but they won't leave me alone man!!!! 🤭 Oh yeah, can't forget about Gary Gnats and Horse Flies. Gary keeps jumping on my food! He's the smallest, yet most annoying. Mosquitoes have ruined my skin. Have to wear long pants. Ughhhh
I had a HUGE palmetto bug on the outside of my livingroom screen. I got the wasp spray, it shoots 25 feet, 1/2 in and put the front door, gathered all my courage, took a deep breath, aimed and sprayed. before I could even lift my foot to get in the door that bitch turned and flew straight at my head! I ducked and ran inside. I HATE THEM
❤😂I was born and raised in West Africa and when i moved to FL i wondered why nobody was sitting on the beautiful grass!!😅 i love the wildlife here except for "palmetto bugs". They sure don't have that cute name where i come from and I've mastered a technique to placate them: vinegar spray bottle and a flip flop. I always give them a fair warning though: "you show up, you're dead"!
palmetto bugs dont fly and stink bad when you swat em-cock roaches fly as do the german roaches-neither one is zip compared to fleas which nest up when the rains come and bam you got 20 on each leg bitin -takes a nuclear explosion to wipe em out
We moved from CO to FL. In Colorado, we're lucky to have a dozen species of bugs in the whole state. Here in Florida, we have more than a dozen species of bugs just on the back porch!
Oh my God, wolf spiders how can you leave them out? They are horrible. They are scary looking. They are hard to kill and they’re all over my porch. They come into my house. I find them in my bathroom. I find them crawling across the floor of my bedroom I’m totally freaked out by wolf spiders.😂
We have all those too! When I vacation to get out of Florida, I go to Georgia. (Yalls mountains are beautiful) Georgia is nowhere near as bad, and that's a good thing.
The palmetto bugs are just there to annoy ya. The mosquitos are a pain. The little no you don't see ums can be avoided for a couple hours during your day but the fire ants are a gift from hell 👿 and like you said ready for action 24-7! They are no joke! Thanks for the videos we really enjoy them!!
Bro I had this crazy idea to rescue a stag beetle out of my grandmothers swimming pool when I was young. This was before I knew the bite force of that thing. Don't ever try to rescue stag beetles as it will fucking hurt. Basically felt like a damn crab pinch but worse lol.
Yes!!! The fire ants!!! They were my welcoming committee to my house!! The so excited I am here they are still celebrating. I have the party tattoos all over my feet 🎉❤
Floridian here, you forgot all the diseases from those 80 species of mosquitoes (zika malaria dengue et al)! Bro, also must address the invasive jumping worms, big-head ant (colonies the size of subdivisions), and those icky black land leaches *shiver* they ruinin my summer shade over here!!
Is a sand gnat a subspecies of no see ums? We have the sand gnat here in GA if you're at one of the beaches, but I've never been sure if the 2 are the same.
@@allisonwandaland8700 Yes, thank you. They don't mess up my car now. Remember back in the 90's when people used to have 'bras' on their cars😆 Was that just a Florida thing?
Just found out what has been torturing me for years while doing yard work in South FL...Electric Ants also called "Little Fire Ants". Different from regular fire ants. They are tiny and drop on you from trees and jump on you when you brush against a plant that's infested with them. They sting initially and leave pink bumps on your skin that itch for a week. It's amazing how such a small bug can cause so much pain and discomfort. Much worse than a noseeum bite.
If you're from Florida and for some time, I say this because I've not seen one of these for awhile,you may have seen a roach lookin' bug usually large,and here it is,with two arms protruding or extending from either side and under the front of it around it's head kinda' crooked lie your arms stuck out straight in front with your elbows pointed outwards. They were scary but never scared. I figured they got too much of the old heavy thick white fog they use ta spray to control mosquitoes. I wonder cause we used to chase those trucks thru the neighborhood in the street. Good thing their weren't much traffic then cause you couldn't see your own nose in that fog. When family came to visit from up north we didn't go to any attraction,there were alot before disney,we waited for the mosquito truck,you couldn't miss it,loud as hell.I wonder,I don't have cancer,hey,you think? Naw,that's stupid thinkin'. Some unrelated chemicals might cure a deadly disease by breathing it. Yea,maybe mikey will like it. But I guess that bug didn't. If anybody remembers those bug trucks,do you happen to know what,other than mosquito repellent,was in that thick white fog,share it in the comments and,oh yea,if you remember that bug and it's name.
First time i knew of palmetto bugs: i was a teen living in Memphis, TN. I _heard_ something in the walk-in attic next to my room. _Thought, _"Maybe a mouse."_
Listening closely to hear which direction the mouse would scurry when it heard me, i very quietly went to the attic door, stood very still for a minute, then flung the door open with one hand while flipping the light switch with the other.
_No scurrying._
_Also: _*_no mouse._*
But standing on the shared wall, was a 4" long cockroach! Utterly unconcerned with the light or my presence.
My mother had a Thing about roaches and i had only ever seen them camping or on late-night kitchen raids at a sleep over. _Never_ one in our house.
And never one that didn't head for the darkness when a light came on.
And this single insect was bigger than all those other _puny_ roaches *_combined_* -- kinda like it was making up for all the years i'd never seen one in my mother's house.
I had _heard_ this thing walking up the other side of the drywall...
We watched each other for a couple of seconds. Then i bent my leg up to pull my house shoe off.
And it flew straight for me.
Or the door.
_Probably_ the door.... _right??_
But i stepped back, pulling the door closed behind me.
Realizing as the latch clicked, that i'd not turned the light off.
Damn!
I had no issue catching a mouse or smashing a bug but when a bug has developed an attack strategy...? I'm re-grouping and at least _discussing_ it with some reinforcements.
But the air had caught the door a bit and it had slammed, and taking my step back was just enough (honestly) adrenaline-boosted to be more of a _stomp._
My father's voice up the stairs, _"What are you moving or dropping? Did you fall? Is everything alright?"_
I called back down, _'Everything's fine. It's just a huge cockroa---'_
_"HUSH! I'm coming up there."_ He was upstairs by then, whispering, urgently, _"Were you going to say a cockroach is what all that noise was?"_
I nodded & started to explain, but he interrupted, *_"Never_*_ mention you saw a roach in this house when your mother is Home. You just come tell me & i'll deal with it. Mention it to _*_her_*_ when you're out somewhere. Public. In a group of people."_
_That's_ when i learned about Mother's OTT *_hatred_* of roaches. Not "fear". *Hatred.*
_'Papa, i'm perfectly capable of "dealing with" a bug. But _this_ is this big, i _heard_ it walking. And it _flies,_ which i was _not_ expecting.'_
I was never a kid for exaggerating, but Papa's looking at me like, _"Why are _*_you_*_ lyin' about a bug?"_
So i reached over and swung the door open, and pointed to the pipe that vented the dryer from down stairs.
It was there, watching my father & me. Papa said, "Huh... How'd you know it was on the pipe? I thought you said it flew at you."_
_'Yes & when i closed the door, it musta detoured to the pipe, because i heard it hit the thing and its feet tapping as it climbed up.'_ The why-are-you-lying look again. _'How would i know where to point? O. No. It was on the _*_wall_*_ when i came in.'_
Papa still with the _look._
And about that time, it launched itself towards us. Papa and i stepped back in unison and closed the door.
Then Papa's quiet, _"Damn."_ startling me into turning towards him because my father _never_ cussed! Apologetic look and he says, _"The light's still on."_
_'Yeah. I realized that, too.-_
Then, _"You _*_can_*_ hear it land on that pipe, can't ya?"_ as we listened to its feet scrabbling up the metal.
_"Well..."_
_'I was thinking about where's your shotgun...?'_
Startled him. Not sure we kids were supposed to know he had one for his every three or four year duck hunt with Mother's brothers. But he recovered, gave me a half-smile.
_"Naw, we won't be needing that..."_ The smile faded and then a _very_ quiet, _"not yet anyway."_
Then. _"Let me think on this. We'll keep the door closed -- like _*_that_*_ matters. Don't worry about the light tonight. And, Nonn? Do. Not. Mention. This. To. Your. Mother! We'll say you dropped some books."_
Your tale brings back memories of being a child and being terrified of them flying.
I now have cats that deal with the bugs.
Yeah I know how that is. I was frozen in 1 spot for 15 minutes screaming for my husband 1st time I saw one. Then we argued over who should kill it. Lmfao. 😂😂😂😂
@@2afreedom60
You have to watch them. They will come right for you.
Maaan, one of those jokers flew at me when I tried to swat it with a broom. I’ve never been the same since. 😂
Had that happen to me when I moved to Florida to be with my future husband. Never seen on that big but did know about german roaches but not these flying things. Fly sprayed it but it flew right at me and freaked me out. Told my future husband about it and he said oh a palmetto bug. 😟😟😟🪳🪳🪳🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️🙅♀️
Everything in Florida trying to get you. 😂 If you think the bugs are vicious, watch out for the locals. It's getting too hot to be nice. 😂
Visitors should drive better😂
Oh, don't go to the Villages....they hate everybody, even their own😅😅😅
@@jamesgriffin697 I always thought they liked each other just fine. That leads to drama. 🫣
Same in Georgia!
I resemble the end of your statement.
50 fire ants will crawl up your leg and all 50 will sting at the SAME TIME!!! lol
Yeah, and fire ants don't just bite and move on either. They're going to keep biting until removed by force.
@@deed5811 Have to admire their tenacious attitude.
People doing the red ant dance....
@@RobertPilla Admire isn't the word I would use, but I agree they are definitely tenacious.
50 on each leg, I know.
BTW, the stings get infected like pimples.
Palmetto bugs aka "COCKROACH" won't hurt you, BUT when they take flight they will make you hurt yourself 🤣🤣🤣
Love-bugs....they don't bite but damn, your car gonna feel their wrath.
Lubber Grasshoppers. The only natural predator against them is the Sport Utility Vehicle.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think the University of Florida entomology department will add a new species of insect…
The Michael Myers bug
A.k.a. the MMB
That is absolutely true about palmetto bugs. You can hear the crunch, see that it looks crushed up and go get something to clean up the mess and when you get back, that bad boy is loooooong gone.
When they add insult to injury and flip you off and they run away… 🤣
😂@@dallasflynn5200
Enjoyed your story😊
Their medics retrieve the remains.
See:
"Joe's Apartment"
"Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers"
😂😁😉🍻
I learned young that you don't rely on the crunch. You hit it so hard that it flies into 8 different pieces and if it doesn't, keep hitting until it does.
Cicada Killer! The biggest wasp I’ve ever seen and they live in the ground.
We have them in SE PA. Let me tell you how much they hurt when they sting. One got me on the thigh while I was removing my pool cover. I treated it like a regular bee sting. No good. 2 days later, I was in the emergency room because there was a line of infection going straight down my leg. Took a good month for it to finally heal.😮
Chiggers, sand fleas, lubbers, stink bugs, centipedes, can we mention scorpions…?
Stink bugs and kissing bugs are annoying!
What’s a CHIGGER??
Moved to Florida from New Mexico in 1983. NM doesn't have the same bugs Florida does. Was washing my car one evening and started getting bitten by bugs or something I could not see!!! Found out from co-workers the next day that it was no-see-ums!
I call them Flying Piranhas!
People from out of state freak out about our little lizards😆
I love lizards, they eat bugs.
Oh, yeah... one of Florida's biggest nuisances that only gets talked about where they congregate.
Peacocks.
Destroy vehicles while fighting their reflection, poops galore, and you have not lived till you hear one scream like a terrified woman outside your window at 3AM. 😳
I like the peacocks, we feed them dry cat foodd
We tolerate them for their beauty. If they looked like giant cow birds, they'd be in deep fryers all over the state. 😅
@@Cherylini100 Oh, don't get me wrong, I love the peacocks.
If you are ever in Miami go check out where the old zoo used to be on Key Biscayne.
Dozens of peacocks (and several other breeds including Canadian geese, various duck breeds, and several Sandhill Cranes) that are friendly and will eat from your hand.
Bring your good camera and an extra battery.
Beware though.
There is a croc that lives around there and hangs out in the main lake.
But about peacocks.... they have a lot of nuisance qualities while having a lot of great qualities.
You take the good with the bad.
Some folks lose it.
there were actually several incidents in Coconut Grove where people who moved there from out of state started shooting them. 😱😳
Locals put the kibosh on that REAL quick. 😉🍻
😂😂😂
@@randomchord I just go to my brothers house in Lake Worth. And collect their feathers
Horseflies carry a chunk of meat with them as they take off…
That's what I was thinking of in the Ocala National Forest....bad times as a kid.
Forgot about those… And sweat bees…
Don't forget scorpions.
Noooo😭
I am a New York transplant. These bugs are on steroids!
Don't forget about the plants that'll jack you up! You ever get hung up in a Wait a Minute Vine or brush up against a Stinging Nettle! They'll light your tail up!
Pull Back Vine and Poison wood too.
poisonwood
Wolf spiders,ticks, horse flies in deer flies annoying little gnats banana spider brown recluse, black widow brown widow
And that's just a few examples of how we Florida
a deer fly will chew a hole in you faster than Floridaman can score some crack.
Wolf spiders are good. They eat other bugs and are harmless.
Unless you accidentally set your hand on one while trying to catch your balance on a hiking trail. That's where the big ones live.@@gingerhunny
@@gingerhunny they're harmless but they still bite and scare the s*** out of people who aren't used to them non Floridians
Keep Florida alive. You've got those of us just like you behind you.
I once went to sleep. When i woke up a massive Orb spider made a 3 foot by 3 foot web in the front lawn. Now they bite but are not poisonous.
My biggest fear as a Floridian remains palmetto bugs. Them things can grow over 2 inches long and have wings people....they will land on you like a boss....welcome to Florida. Please dont leave your trash behind on the beach.
Not poisonous but venomous. Those orb weavers are the best. They throw up a web every night and take it down at sunrise. Best way to avoid them is to not go out at night.
@@RobertPillaEver since I’ve had an orb weaver set up both out front and out back, I haven’t had any mosquitoes come in. As long as they don’t lay an egg sack, they’re good in my book.
Now don’t get me started on the palmetto bugs. They just love to fly straight at you. I don’t get it!
@@danimatt100 for sure creepiest of them all
@@Christopher-xd5in yet harmless
@@danimatt100 yes there are worse insects that are by far more harmful recluses and black widows, like my ex-wife lol. But omgitswicks has it right those bastards will sit on a wall acting all chill then fly at you. Super annoying
Wood spiders😳Some people call them wolf spiders but I always knew them as wood spiders. Those suckers will chase you down. I don't have a problem with snakes but wood spider...😱😱
Spiders! Rabid foxes.
First few months living in FL I couch surfed. Woke up early one a.m. only to find a platter sized (wolf?) spider on the ceiling right over my head.
That is why you let the geckos in.
YES...I was watching TV, looked up...there she was. I very carefully slid out from under her. Then I went and got my spider jar to catch her, because I can't sleep with them crawling around!
Saddleback caterpillar
Giant water bug!!! It’s like a palmetto bug, but bigger and with weapons
I'm also from Florida. Lubber grasshopper, carpenter ants, golden orb silk weaver spider (some call it a banana spider), wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, ... You're right it's a long list
Yellow Jackets are the worst. Twice I have been stung at Disney's Pirate Island.
Nothing brightens your Florida Sunny day like walking into a Banana Spider web on a hike.
Off turns them on is facts. Anytime I try to use bug spray living in Florida, you get more bugs somehow
I've seen roaches in the corner huffing a can of raid. Some scary stuff man...
scorpions any spiders mole crickets
For some reason my nephew would complain about itchy bites that we found out are chiggers. Thing about chiggers is you rarely see them even when they bite you.
How true it is!
We have palmetto bugs here in VA && they’re terrifying 😭 I’d rather have a spider crawl across my face then to be next to a palmetto bug 🫣 && I hate spiders lol
Show them thorn bugs and giant Florida katydids, giant Florida grasshoppers and throw in tree ants for some fun. 😂
Tree ants! Omg them things will f u up
@@sonjahawk2791 satans spawn 🐜
Yellow flies & sweat bees we have them on the NC coast so I know y'all gotta have them.
Walkin thru spider webs in s.w.florida will get ya
That cotton mouth water moccasin always want smoke!@ It aint a bug but it's at the top of the list for smoke!@
Just finished my 13 mile bike ride on SR56 north of Tampa. Had to prevent inhaling tiny black flying bugs, off of my sunglasses, face, etc.; when I finished I had them all over me! Have to shower before I go to Publix...
Knats are bad around St Augustine. I need a fly net for my face.
Yellow flies! Those bites are the worst!
One of the more unique bugs will attack your car's paint job. This is the Love bug. Cute name huh? Oh look there's a black cloud three feet off the ground and then realize you have to drive through it. As for their name, well they always come in pairs....😅
FLEAS and TICKS they don't just mess with your pets! I'm in Tallahassee and I ❤ your channel. Thanks 😁 oops I nearly forgot yellow flies (hate them!), horse flies (😬), Junebugs, and love bugs. The last 2 won't bite but they are annoying. 😂
Yellow flies! OMG I HATE THEM 🤬
gnats. Just before sunset when the air is still and you get a big old mouth full of gnats.
Horse flies!!! They don't take a bite. They take a chunk!🐴🪰🩸
Stepped on a scorpion in the middle of the night checking on the baby. It was comparable to a bee sting but I was new to Florida and wondered if I might wake up dead!
Yellow flies and lovebugs
Yellow flies and deer flies.
Velvet Ants are very nasty too
That OFF turns the mosquitoes ON 🤣💀
Those giant, golden silk spiders are pretty wild! Some folks call them banana or orb spiders! Not poisonous, but they will bite! Whasps, are a ton of fun! Or any fuzzy caterpillar!
Don’t forget about love bugs and mess they make on your car!
When it rains a lot those roaches/palmetto bugs want in your house. And some will make in your house.
No lie told here😊
We got a moth in our house and now they are just appearing randomly at times... We also have a bunch of fruit flies because I ahd some rotting tomatoes from the garden on the table....
Lots of garden pests out there too.
Wasps and yellow jackets and hornets are also big here..
A lot have already been listed but here is a few I didn't see...Roly Poly, Stink Bugs, Chiggers, Termites, Fruit Flies, Silverfish, Yellowjackets, Praying Mantis, and BIG A-- Grasshoppers
Biting flies, earwigs
This is my life with bugs in SC 😬
Horse Flies and Yellow Flies. Then there are the spiders, fleas and ticks. It's all out to get us.
Huge Huntsman Spiders and i mean huge the size of dinner plates
Those palmetto bugs are aggressive. I saw a huge one in Texas and I screamed and it stopped and looked at me and started running towards me at an alarming rate of speed.
Stink bugs, lady bugs. They don't hurt me, but they won't leave me alone man!!!! 🤭
Oh yeah, can't forget about Gary Gnats and Horse Flies.
Gary keeps jumping on my food! He's the smallest, yet most annoying.
Mosquitoes have ruined my skin. Have to wear long pants. Ughhhh
Big ass spiders,wasps,little black bees with white dots. Flying carpenter ants(zoom swarm)
Whatever those black bugs are with the white dots, they will sting you hard!
SEA LICE, Dragonfly, Horse fly, Centipedes, Gnats, False Lady Bugs, Banana Spiders, Wolf Spider, Brown recluse, Black widow, Yellow Jackets, Hornets, Wasps, Honey bees.
I had a HUGE palmetto bug on the outside of my livingroom screen. I got the wasp spray, it shoots 25 feet, 1/2 in and put the front door, gathered all my courage, took a deep breath, aimed and sprayed. before I could even lift my foot to get in the door that bitch turned and flew straight at my head! I ducked and ran inside. I HATE THEM
Assassin bugs(scary looking), Lubbers, ticks, banana spiders
❤😂I was born and raised in West Africa and when i moved to FL i wondered why nobody was sitting on the beautiful grass!!😅 i love the wildlife here except for "palmetto bugs". They sure don't have that cute name where i come from and I've mastered a technique to placate them: vinegar spray bottle and a flip flop. I always give them a fair warning though: "you show up, you're dead"!
How in the name of everything that is holy did you forget love bugs?! 😂
palmetto bugs dont fly and stink bad when you swat em-cock roaches fly as do the german roaches-neither one is zip compared to fleas which nest up when the rains come and bam you got 20 on each leg bitin -takes a nuclear explosion to wipe em out
Florida's bugs keep me home in California.
Horse fly
We moved from CO to FL. In Colorado, we're lucky to have a dozen species of bugs in the whole state. Here in Florida, we have more than a dozen species of bugs just on the back porch!
Nickolette couldn’t have said it better! Especially with the deer flies/yellow flies 🥊! Leesburg/villages I can tell you bout them! Keep on flordian!
Went to Mexico...bugs are SO DAMN BIG... they look up & and smile at you!😮
Oh my God, wolf spiders how can you leave them out? They are horrible. They are scary looking. They are hard to kill and they’re all over my porch. They come into my house. I find them in my bathroom. I find them crawling across the floor of my bedroom I’m totally freaked out by wolf spiders.😂
I think the bugs up in Georgia are worse, they got fleas, ticks, horseflies, and giant spiders
Not even close.
Yeah, we have all those also...
We have all those too! When I vacation to get out of Florida, I go to Georgia. (Yalls mountains are beautiful) Georgia is nowhere near as bad, and that's a good thing.
The palmetto bugs are just there to annoy ya. The mosquitos are a pain. The little no you don't see ums can be avoided for a couple hours during your day but the fire ants are a gift from hell 👿 and like you said ready for action 24-7! They are no joke! Thanks for the videos we really enjoy them!!
Chiggers, and ticks 😢
Noseeums probably buddy...enjoy your visit!
Deer flies?
Bro I had this crazy idea to rescue a stag beetle out of my grandmothers swimming pool when I was young. This was before I knew the bite force of that thing. Don't ever try to rescue stag beetles as it will fucking hurt. Basically felt like a damn crab pinch but worse lol.
Palmetto bugs. I call 'em big enough to put a collar on a give it a food bowl.😂😂😂
💀I learned about no-see-ums last month, and I'm in Georgia. Terrible!!!!!😢
Nice, glad to see you on UA-cam!
Yes!!! The fire ants!!! They were my welcoming committee to my house!! The so excited I am here they are still celebrating. I have the party tattoos all over my feet 🎉❤
You didn't even talk about the most famous Florida bug that we all hate. Love bugs...
Jumping spiders 🕷️ 😱😱😱
Floridian here, you forgot all the diseases from those 80 species of mosquitoes (zika malaria dengue et al)! Bro, also must address the invasive jumping worms, big-head ant (colonies the size of subdivisions), and those icky black land leaches *shiver* they ruinin my summer shade over here!!
Is a sand gnat a subspecies of no see ums? We have the sand gnat here in GA if you're at one of the beaches, but I've never been sure if the 2 are the same.
Giant water bugs, also called electric light bugs. They're huge!
Spiders. Omg, the spiders.
Lovebugs..eww! The smell of burnt lovebugs on the front of my car from the Florida heat is stinky. I hate them car paint killers!
Spray some pam cooking spray on the hood. Old school Florida trick.
@@allisonwandaland8700 Yes, thank you. They don't mess up my car now.
Remember back in the 90's when people used to have 'bras' on their cars😆 Was that just a Florida thing?
Ohhhh, the infamous RED BUGS. You don't know you got attacked until a day or two later. N-see-ums aint got nothing on the red bugs 🤣🤣
Palmetto bugs will stand up and fight you like a man! 🤣
Getting caught in orbit spider web on the lanai: HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE TIME 😅😮😅😅😅
Don't forget about the love bugs. Better clean your windshield and radiator screening.😂🖤💥
Swello fly It's the yellow fly that makes you swell up bad 😂
Just found out what has been torturing me for years while doing yard work in South FL...Electric Ants also called "Little Fire Ants". Different from regular fire ants. They are tiny and drop on you from trees and jump on you when you brush against a plant that's infested with them. They sting initially and leave pink bumps on your skin that itch for a week. It's amazing how such a small bug can cause so much pain and discomfort. Much worse than a noseeum bite.
If you're from Florida and for some time, I say this because I've not seen one of these for awhile,you may have seen a roach lookin' bug usually large,and here it is,with two arms protruding or extending from either side and under the front of it around it's head kinda' crooked lie your arms stuck out straight in front with your elbows pointed outwards. They were scary but never scared. I figured they got too much of the old heavy thick white fog they use ta spray to control mosquitoes. I wonder cause we used to chase those trucks thru the neighborhood in the street. Good thing their weren't much traffic then cause you couldn't see your own nose in that fog. When family came to visit from up north we didn't go to any attraction,there were alot before disney,we waited for the mosquito truck,you couldn't miss it,loud as hell.I wonder,I don't have cancer,hey,you think? Naw,that's stupid thinkin'. Some unrelated chemicals might cure a deadly disease by breathing it. Yea,maybe mikey will like it. But I guess that bug didn't. If anybody remembers those bug trucks,do you happen to know what,other than mosquito repellent,was in that thick white fog,share it in the comments and,oh yea,if you remember that bug and it's name.
Cicadas and all the noise they make as the sun goes down.. it sounds like a train going by as the sun sets.. Lol..
Yellow flies! Soon as they land on you they bite. Found those in the everglades off Atlantic blvd sawgrass trail lol
Love bugs,the black yards snakes,scorpions, west Nile mosquitos, the dengue mosquito..
Floridas biggest bug problem is snowbirds. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lone star tick look them up, oh and fire ants came from the depths of hell. I cant be convinced otherwise😂😂😂
The SPIDERS OMG ! The Pentrantulas, Huntsman and Wolf spiders (with and without a million babies on their backs) !!!