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Old 09-01-2022, 12:18 PM
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I'll leave it at this. For what a Floridian would term as a Palmetto bug. They cannot fly, glide etc. I've seen a few fall from bushes and their glide path was similar to a walnut flying out of a tree. They are ground dwelling bugs incapable of any type of flight but like anything, they fall pretty well.
They cannot fly, they cannot glide. Period!

Florida woods cockroach (aka palmetto bug)

Quote/s from the UF entomology site (they kinda know bugs) :

"but lacks effective flight wings and is slow moving."

"species also lacks developed wings in either sex, instead having reduced wing pads and absent hind wings."

"Figure 3. Vestigial wing formation on an adult Florida woods cockroach"

Vestigial definition:
(of an organ or part of the body) degenerate, rudimentary, or atrophied, having become functionless in the course of evolution.
"the vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden"
Rather like the tail bone we all have. We wont be hanging from trees anytime soon.

If you have a palmetto bug that is capable of gliding, I would suggest you contact the UF's bug people right away. Maybe you'll get to name the new sub species.

Last edited by ex34449; 09-01-2022 at 12:25 PM.