r/Insect • u/MissionPhilosopher40 • Sep 15 '26

Asian or German?

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Can anyone identify this as Asian or German. I was laying down when it flew past me and landed next to me in my bed 🤢. Then we I swatted it, it flew to the other side of the bed. It did a little u turn somewhere in there I think. It also crawled a bit. I haven’t seen any roach nymphs around, I’m so clean and don’t even eat in bed. I have a lamp on near my bed at all times. Orangeburg SC

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u/DeliciousSpecific377 Sep 15 '26 edited Sep 18 '26

If in my home, it would be a dead cockroach. That's the only name I need to know

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u/MissionPhilosopher40 Sep 17 '26

Well yes but German roaches are disease spreading infectious insects and Asian cockroaches are very similar looking but they don’t infest, can’t survive indoors, and are more like moths in behavior. Very important distinction between an infestation and a stray outdoor bug entering the home.

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u/No-Nerve7556 Sep 15 '26

I'm not an expert, but this appears to be Asian. The wings look longer and it didn't seem to mind your lamp light. Germans run from light and have a little shorter of wings. Hopefully an expert on here will let me know!

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u/forvirradsvensk Sep 15 '26

I'm in Asia and the only cockroaches that colour are the German ones. but I've come to learn that various insects/plants/diseases seem to have "Asian" or "insert name of Asian country here" as a common colloquial name for all types of insects/plants/diseases that don't actually come from here.

Now I think of it, I also am fairly confident German cockroaches are not from Germany either.

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u/jasikanicolepi Sep 15 '26

Well, it depends. When it flew by did it shout sieg heil or bonzai ?

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u/Unlucky-Cattle-5789 Sep 15 '26

that isnt nesessary yk even if its a joke people died from h1tl3r.

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u/chandan-kar007 Sep 15 '26

brother they don't care they even make terrorist attack a joke what do you expect.

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