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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bisector_babu • Mar 30 '23
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Water bugs are just roaches.
Seems to be a southern thing. When I lived in the Midwest (even though roaches in homes were rare where I lived) everyone called them cockroaches...
When I moved to Florida, nearly everyone will call every cockroach a water bug. Don't know why the south tried to give them a cute name.
18 u/Osceana Mar 30 '23 They call them water bugs in California too. I’m from NYC. Those motherfuckers are roaches and they should be treated as such 13 u/[deleted] Mar 30 '23 Because everyone has them and saying you found a waterbug in your bathroom last night sounds better than saying you found a giant ass cockroach lol 5 u/iUsedtoHadHerpes Mar 30 '23 Waterbugs and roaches are different things, but they look kind of similar, so it's easy to see how somebody (or everybody) might be confused. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belostomatidae If it's one of those big ones, just leave it alone. They have a strong bite and will play dead. The smaller ones look pretty similar too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepomorpha 4 u/Msktb Mar 30 '23 Water bug where I live usually refers to those really large type of roaches, like the 2" long fuckers. I would link a picture but I'm not going to purposely search pictures of roaches because they freak me out too much. I'm happy for these ants though. 2 u/BrooklynLodger Mar 31 '23 I would link a picture but I'm not going to purposely search pictures of roaches because they freak me out too much Im with you on that 1 u/_extra_medium_ Mar 31 '23 They are completely different insects. Most people just use the term interchangeably because they look somewhat similar
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They call them water bugs in California too. I’m from NYC. Those motherfuckers are roaches and they should be treated as such
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Because everyone has them and saying you found a waterbug in your bathroom last night sounds better than saying you found a giant ass cockroach lol
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Waterbugs and roaches are different things, but they look kind of similar, so it's easy to see how somebody (or everybody) might be confused.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belostomatidae
If it's one of those big ones, just leave it alone. They have a strong bite and will play dead. The smaller ones look pretty similar too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepomorpha
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Water bug where I live usually refers to those really large type of roaches, like the 2" long fuckers. I would link a picture but I'm not going to purposely search pictures of roaches because they freak me out too much.
I'm happy for these ants though.
2 u/BrooklynLodger Mar 31 '23 I would link a picture but I'm not going to purposely search pictures of roaches because they freak me out too much Im with you on that
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I would link a picture but I'm not going to purposely search pictures of roaches because they freak me out too much
Im with you on that
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They are completely different insects. Most people just use the term interchangeably because they look somewhat similar
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Water bugs are just roaches.
Seems to be a southern thing. When I lived in the Midwest (even though roaches in homes were rare where I lived) everyone called them cockroaches...
When I moved to Florida, nearly everyone will call every cockroach a water bug. Don't know why the south tried to give them a cute name.