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Okay.. the palmetto bug with the round sunglass-like markings on the whatever it is is the American cockroach. That’s the Florida State bird roach lol.
There’s a similar sized one without the sunglasses thingy. That’s the smoky brown cockroach.
Not sure but I think the little ones are German roaches.
Big black carpenter bees, Always been freaked out by them since I was kid; not so much now though. They don't have stingers but they are big and have a loud buzz.
They are disconcerting the first time you run across them as a kid
I remember seeing them at my grandmother's shed in Iowa when I was 3 or 4 years old and being pretty intimidated with them after they started to hover in the air VERY close to my face and doing that loud buzzing, lol. Of course at that age I didn't know they weren't stingless. I just saw a bunch of huge bees and that was enough for me.
You would have hated the place we had in Tennesse, it was carpenter bee central. We found out the first spring we were there when I went with DH to sit out on the deck and a big black bee comes shooting out of the bushes and first hovers right in front of my husband then right in front of me. We had these bees anywhere we walked in the yard, probably because of all the wooden decor and fencing.
I solved the issue by taking a bundle of wooden fence posts and putting them together then putting a roof over it. I planted a nice little garden all around it and started capturing the females and relocating them to the new "bee house" area. At first I had to sweeten the deal by providing a bit of hummingbird nectar for them They ended up liking it and staying there...so I had a bunch of pollinators and the only time the male bees would buzz up and check us out was if we were tending the garden.
If I was out walking and a big Bear or Lion was near by, I think I'd be da*n afraid. I'm sure they could tear me to shreds if they wanted to.
On a smaller level, I don't like cockroaches. They creep me out pretty bad. In Florida, I'd yell for my husband to come get it out of my sight, those flying ones, palmetto bugs. Once in a while one would get in through the fireplace. Big spiders-- not fond of them either.
I hear you on bears....I got way too close once, about 25 or 30 feet away and I just froze,
thinking it could easily kill me if it wanted to, no way I could have stopped it.
Hate roaches, and yeah Florida is bad.
Also get freaked out by rattlers, when I walking on a a path in the desert SW
I’m always looking 10 feet ahead ....looking out for rattle snakes.
Scorpions too...they are scary.
I'm STILL terrified of alligators. That'll never change.
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They ended up liking it and staying there...so I had a bunch of pollinators and the only time the male bees would buzz up and check us out was if we were tending the garden.
