View Full Version : Randomness - House bug ID
vampie
09-12-2009, 4:30 AM
Well, I was just about to get ready to sleep when I heard some noise on the floor. I thought it was my cat stepping on a pile of plastic bags I had on the floor, but instead, I spotted this thing walking away:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/prissmonster/0df3dfa7.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/prissmonster/535b481e.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/prissmonster/f70ca10d.jpg
Anyone know what this is? It's 1" long and it's tail seems rather.. weird.
NYCguppydude
09-12-2009, 6:12 AM
Hey Vampie
Looks as if you've caught yourself a very preggo "Cockroach"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach
lololololol! im sorry but i hadto laff... down here in the south maam, we call those cocroaches, or palmetto bugs. they usualy stay outside cause they breed n moist wooded areas, but ive been lucky enough..HA..to have seen one of these lubberly WINGED creatures in FLIGHT....right at my face...on nuuuuumerous ocation in my 42 years..roflmao. theyre harmless even if creepy as all get out..lol. i probably kill 10 or so a week at my house (i live on a huge lake!). i never see them in the winter, but in the warm months they try to come inside and at begining of winter (like now) they head for the house too. the small roaches r german cocroaches not sure what they call these scientificaly(?sp?) but here the common names are BIG cocroach or palmetto bug. if its on a wall or ceiling where he has some heighth on ya watchit they have an uncanny ability to sero in on ur face for a landing oad...lol. have a good one!
Beaux
grrr stupid fone! that was Zero in on your face for a landing Pad!
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Reefscape
09-12-2009, 6:48 AM
Yup....i would say cockroach too...
ayra321
09-12-2009, 7:37 AM
lol i agree with beaux,get them at my house down in fl all the time
msjinkzd
09-12-2009, 7:38 AM
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
yuck
noodles62
09-12-2009, 7:40 AM
OMG! If there is one there is bound to be many more! Run for your life! :nilly:
cam191919
09-12-2009, 10:44 AM
looks like a chocolate-flavored bloodsuckin rodent rider
jackiomy
09-12-2009, 10:50 AM
Eww Eww Eww!!!
vampie
09-12-2009, 12:45 PM
Well, don't I feel stupid. Just a common roach eh?
In the past 20 or so years, I think I've only seen a live roach 2-3 other times, and that was just on the streets.. I realize the level of irony, given I live in NYC and all. I usually just get house centipedes in my home, which is probably the reason I haven't seen roaches in the first place.