Another impressive arthropod is shown on the picture to the left. It was about 10 cm long and seems to belong to the family of myriapodes. He was quite fast, and I must admit I was glad not to have met this guy in my bedroom. Two other species you frequently meet on Bermuda are not shown in picture, but I think most of you know how ants and cockroaches look like. If you are dealing with ants, it makes a great advantage if you do not keep any waste containing food in your room, like empty snack packages and stuff like that.
Cockroaches are tougher.
They will roam your room at night and vanish as soon as you turn on a light. And they know why. My experience says that an average shoe makes a VERY effective throwing weapon against them little buggers. In rooms, they are described to eat almost anything they might be able to digest. As Rosario reported, this includes soap and rubber pieces on eye glasses.