There is a type of cockroach that can fly, if it’s hot and humid enough. It lives in Florida, along with many other places.
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42yeah@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
“The German cockroach can’t even fly,” Qian Tang, lead author of the study and an evolutionary biologist at Harvard University,
I dunno about that
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
Have you seen one fly? They have wings but the only time I’ve ever seen a roach fly was at school and it was way too big to be german
Undaunted@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Some of us Germans can be incredibly big so I wouldn’t be sure about that either.
cheesymoonshadow@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
I grew up in the Philippines. I don’t know what kind we had there but they were big (1.5-2" in length) and they definitely flew.
CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
German cockroaches don’t get nearly that size