Let it free…
I have never seen this insect before. It came in from our balcony. It’s quite big, but I didn’t kill it. My Grandma used to say not to kill insects if you are not sure those are good ones or not. It’s fine to kill cockroach, mosquito and fly, and any bad ones if you are sure. The best way is to leave it free, so I got this one out of our house with paper, and let it free. It fell on the orchid when I tried to get it fly away. Then it was climbing up and down on the orchid, and it fell on the floor again. When I was taking its photos, amazingly it stopped moving, and let me to take a close up for it. When I stopped taking photos, it moved again. It acts like human. After it fell on the floor from the orchid, it was walking towards my position while I was closing the balcony door. Once I closed the door, it stopped moving, and when I slightly opened the door, it moved again towards my position. It wanted to come in our house. It seems that this insect does have some sense like the way cartoon movie described the behaviour and movement of insects as a character. Anyway, I left it walking around in our balcony. After ten minutes later, I went out and saw that it was still climbing up and down in our balcony among plants. Haha…funny…I think it likes our house…
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Except for the spots, it kind of looks like a cockroach to me. When I lived in Hawaii, the cockroaches there were huge and also fly. It was quite scary until I got used to it.
I agree with JumpCut. It does resemble a cockroach.
The cockroaches in Hawaii average around 6 cm in length, with lengths of up to 10 cm being fairly common. When one of those things are flying - - the local folk refer to them as “B-52’s” due to their large size.
After two decades plus in the islands one grows rather used to them, and often tends to not even notice them anymore unless a visitor comments upon them.
When did you live in Hawaii, Jumpcut?
Jim, I lived there from early 1996 to late 2001, on Maui.
Jumpcut,
Roger that. My dearest local friend is from Kahalui. Born and raised there, but now resides on Oahu. I spent a week in Lahaina back in 1978. Found the history of whaling and the art of scrimshaw quite interesting.
Although I have not been off the island of Oahu for too long now, I do find the slower pace of life on the outer islands pretty seductive. Honolulu is a city that has just “grown up” too fast with too little forethought for the future . . .
Funny, I usually get really freak out of certain insects especially spiders (ok, spiders are not insects, but for me they are). I think I actually will be ok to have an encounter with this bug.
Jim, I think Maui is “no ka oi” (the best). It’s not so small that you feel isolated (it has a bigger land mass than Oahu), yet it has some of the islands’ best restaurants and cultural attractions. And you can still have a beach all to yourself (and your significant other) at sunset, if you know where to look.
I only miss Maui when I think about it…