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when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

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Jesaroo
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when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

what? i always thought they were rolley poleys.. now here people call these huge locust, junebug, cockroaches with wings things waterbugsChat Icon

Posted 7/17/06 5:43 PM
 
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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

I thought they were those bugs that you sometimes find swimming in pools. Chat Icon

Posted 7/17/06 5:44 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

The big nasty roach things. DH actually looked it up, to make sure we were attacking the right bugs with the right stuff & they have different names in different parts of the country.

I think I learned that in the Bronx though, on LI think I thought a waterbug was the little rollee pollee thing.

Posted 7/17/06 5:46 PM
 

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Posted 7/17/06 5:47 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

potato bugs

bugs you find under hoses or garbage pails

Posted 7/17/06 5:47 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

I thoiught they were those roly poly things too

Posted 7/17/06 5:47 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

STEFANIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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But yes, that's what I think of, but darker.

Posted 7/17/06 5:48 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

ok i think on LI a "waterbug" is the rolley poley, potato bugs things....

and in the city a "waterbug" is one of those huge winged cockroach thingies.


weird huh.

Posted 7/17/06 5:51 PM
 

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That thing is scary looking!!

Posted 7/17/06 5:52 PM
 

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STEFANIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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But yes, that's what I think of, but darker.



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Posted 7/17/06 5:52 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

Posted by Lolita4Life

ok i think on LI a "waterbug" is the rolley poley, potato bugs things....

and in the city a "waterbug" is one of those huge winged cockroach thingies.


weird huh.



Yeah, that's pretty much what I've heard. And I think the NYC waterbugs are junebugs in FL.

ETA -- And I never saw the winged coachrach things on LI, so maybe that's why I didn't have a another name for them. They may be on LI, but they usually are in apartments & offices & I didn't spend muchtime in either of those on LI.,

I defintely have seen them in Queens, the Bronx, Manhattan & Westchester thogh.

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Posted 7/17/06 5:53 PM
 

Jesaroo
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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

yes i know them as junebugs too!

Posted 7/17/06 5:54 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

I totally think of the rolly polly potato bugs therefore, to me, there is no difference between that mo'fo' and a roach! Chat Icon

Posted 7/17/06 5:54 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

HOLY MOLY COCKAROACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

STEFANIE, YOUR DH NEEDS TO PUT YOU OVER HIS KNEE AND GIVE YOU A SPANKING FOR POSTING THAT PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted 7/17/06 5:56 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

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I totally think of the rolly polly potato bugs therefore, to me, there is no difference between that mo'fo' and a roach! Chat Icon



They key is that they are harder to kill than regular roaches! Chat Icon

You have to stun it with the Raid & then smash it with a book or boot or something. And they tend to travel alone. With the smaller roaches, if you see one, there could be many others.

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Posted 7/17/06 5:57 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

Posted by Lolita4Life

what? i always thought they were rolley poleys.. now here people call these huge locust, junebug, cockroaches with wings things waterbugsChat Icon


yes big ugly disgusting insects

waterbugs of LI are VERY different than waterbugs of the city

Posted 7/17/06 6:02 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

its like a junebug and its grosssssss

ETA: What you native LI'ers call a "waterbug or rolley polley" is a potato bug. We used to play with them as kids in the midwest, lol.

Message edited 7/18/2006 8:03:49 AM.

Posted 7/17/06 6:15 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

they look like cockroaches to me...

Posted 7/17/06 6:28 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

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Yes, they're technically these. A LOT of people call the rolley polleys that though. I've heard them referred to by so many different names (pill bugs, potato bugs, water bugs, rolley polleys, etc....wonder what the heck their REAL name is?)

Posted 7/17/06 10:06 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

I think of the big bug thingys that go crunch when you kill them! Ewww!

Posted 7/17/06 10:12 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

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HOLY MOLY COCKAROACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

STEFANIE, YOUR DH NEEDS TO PUT YOU OVER HIS KNEE AND GIVE YOU A SPANKING FOR POSTING THAT PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




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seriously!

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Posted 7/17/06 10:17 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

i think of the rollypolly things... apparently those are actually called sow bugs


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Posted 7/17/06 10:19 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

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HOLY MOLY COCKAROACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

STEFANIE, YOUR DH NEEDS TO PUT YOU OVER HIS KNEE AND GIVE YOU A SPANKING FOR POSTING THAT PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK YUK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



A SPANKING!!! WELL I NEVER!!!Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

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Posted 7/17/06 10:30 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

The little pill bugs.

Posted 7/17/06 11:03 PM
 

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Re: when you hear the word "WAterBug"... you think of??

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