Mikey the Tame American Cockroach

This is me holding Mikey, a bona fide American Cockroach. This kind of cockroach is called a "Palmetto Bug" in parts of the country where the climate is hospitable to them and they tend to grow to full size. They like to live in environments similar to warm sewer pipes, and this is one of the three kinds of common cockroaches that can infest human homes. Mikey is a male (no babies possible!), and he measures out at a full-sized 1.7 inches, which is as big as the males of this species get (The females can get a little bigger, to 2 inches+). Mikey was sent to me by my friend in Arizona who goes by the internet handle of Ugwad - - reportedly, when he first discovered Mikey scrambling across his carpet, he screamed 'like a girl' by his own description. Roaches like Mikey are only as dirty as the material they run through, and Mikey lives in a tank with wood chips and a plastic, painted, hollow mountain that he can go in and out of. Therefore, he is a pretty clean roach. He can often be seen perched on top of his mountain, cleaning his antenne.