The ones in Charleston, South Carolina already know how to fly. I lived there for a few years after being (honorably!) discharged from active duty in the Navy. I never did get used to them. They are called Palmetto Bugs down there.
Yes,they have them in Mobile, AL too. It’s a scary thing to have one of them charge at you.
Yep, palmetto bugs. Out in Palm Springs they’re called date palm beetles — and they’re huge.
Palmetto Bugs are notorious here in north central Florida. Some we swear are 101st Airborne. They are fearless.
All have wings; most don’t use them. One got in our house threw the window one evening last summer. They are attracted to the light. I chased that thing all over the bedroom. I must have succeeded in my many attempts to kill it. I never saw it again.
For regular cockroaches, I keep an open bag of diatomaceous earth next to our kitchen waste basket. If a regular one gets in, I figure it would go there. It kills them by dessicating them. About once a year I’ll see one moving slowly across the floor. If it was healthy, it would scurry faster than a speeding bullet. Oklahoma also has those big ones outside. I dust the thresholds with borax to kill them and keep them out.