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What is this bug? Found it dying on my bathroom floor, finished it off with roach spray. It has roach like antenna, but I've never seen a roach this long and thin (about an inch long). Also, I'm in M (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Linuto to c/whatisthisthing

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[–] WhereGrapesMayRule 19 points 8 months ago

I would tell you but the men in black would stop m

[–] Linuto 12 points 8 months ago

Title cut off, I'm in Michigan and have no history of roaches. Never even seen one before.

[–] kat_angstrom 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Can't quite tell but looks like an earwig to me

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

It has the little pincher on its butt but it has a more roach-like carapice. Almost like a cockroach/earwig hybrid. 😨

[–] southernbrewer 5 points 8 months ago

I'm not from US but this looks like a normal roach to me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I'm in M

No way! I'm in M too

Some day I'll figure out how to get out of Microwave

[–] Ginger666 5 points 8 months ago

Pretty sure that's a roach

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/cockroaches/oriental-cockroaches/

See figure 2: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/roaches/oriental_cockroach.htm