Easiest way to put down an insect like this is to let it grab something with its legs and just back away. Works for most things that don’t fly well. Usually they won’t come after you… usually…
Like the 2” tree roach that is 3” & sitting on your shoulder? That you caught site of in your peripheral vision when you were on the phone & had a white tshirt on? That you screamed so loud & accidentally hung up & didn’t answer again, that the person you were talking to called 911 bc you had a stalker who was threatening you? Then the cops showed up. And you’d gotten a warning for driving fast (or DUI, bc you failed the test & he was alone & didn’t feel like waiting for backup bc the car would have to be towed)earlier in the night. & they saw it & said “you’ve been seeing a lot of us tonight.” But the cop was cool (finally, after you begged him) & used his cowboy boot to kill it in the corner.
Yes. Significantly fewer law enforcement officers and fatalities of all kinds. When they are on a shirt it’s tricky bc they have claws and grip tighter as a reflex…
Let me just tell you something I discovered about this horrible creature, my arch nemesis. I hate those tree roaches so much that when I was dating my husband and saw one in the house, I sprayed a circle of Raid around myself and sat on the coffee table in order to be able to watch the rest of our movie. It had already killed, but I thought he might have friends. I was panicked the entire time.
And then...
Years later I saw another one crawling up the wall and literally screamed as loud as my lungs would allow. It literally jumped at my scream, clearly startled, and tried running away from me. It was then I realized this was the way.
Oh my god I brought one home accidentally after a camping trip. I was a teenager and dumped my bag on the floor like a lazy teen does and my poor unfortunate mother became the one to open it up and try to add my clothes to the washer. The scream she scrumpt.
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u/legacyironbladeworks 4h ago
Easiest way to put down an insect like this is to let it grab something with its legs and just back away. Works for most things that don’t fly well. Usually they won’t come after you… usually…