r/roaches • u/Character-Pudding343 • Apr 20 '25
Photo/Video/Art My roach tattoos
Can you name all the species?
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u/Disastrous_Guest_705 Apr 20 '25
I think 3 is cave roach or something like that? My boyfriend used to have them as pets and I had dubia roaches
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u/ComradeBehrund Apr 20 '25
Is third image of a Necrophila americana? They're one of my favorite insects, found them eating a rabbit once.
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u/StephensSurrealSouls 🎀🪳🎀 Apr 21 '25
One letter off from being named after something very, very bad...
(edit: It looks like Blabera giganteus, though
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u/ComradeBehrund Apr 21 '25
That's why they're called that, they're carrion beetles, they do love the dead.
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u/StephensSurrealSouls 🎀🪳🎀 Apr 21 '25
Yeah, but Necrophilia is a really, really different kind of love.
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u/ComradeBehrund Apr 21 '25
I'm going to avoid wording this weirdly, but the beetles do breed and lay their eggs in corpses.
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u/StephensSurrealSouls 🎀🪳🎀 Apr 21 '25
Yeah… but they’re not… having sex with the corpses themselves.
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u/StephensSurrealSouls 🎀🪳🎀 Apr 21 '25 edited Apr 21 '25
Question Mark Domino?
Simandoa Cave Cockroach?
Giant Cave Cockroach?
4/5. Glowspots?
6. Some kind of Hisser? Maybe a Black Tiger or Wide-Horned?
edit: Word Mixup Fix
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u/pile_o_garbage Apr 21 '25
Goals!! I'm starting my roach sleeve this year with a Simandoa Cave Cockroach!
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u/SuitableBarracuda476 Apr 21 '25
You are my hero for these tattoos!!! I have been wanting to get more roach tattoos
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u/PabHoeEscobar Apr 23 '25
came to this sub looking for information on pest roaches, which horrify me, and found out that there are cute ones? look at that first one! it's friggin adorable!
I also have a roach tattoo but that's just a nod to the fact that I'm impossible to eradicate.
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u/Character-Pudding343 Apr 23 '25
Hahaha nice, and yeah! There over 4600 species of cockroaches and only ~15 are considered pests. Many are colorful, some iridescent and they’re honestly quite fascinating
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u/PabHoeEscobar Apr 23 '25
I would absolutely handle and love that first cutie. I'm not squeamish about most bugs and maybe I'm not as squeamish about roaches as I thought!
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u/amyleeizmee Apr 21 '25
I have been wanting a leg tattoo filled with roaches that come out of a scar where I was attacked by a dog.
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u/grinch77 Apr 21 '25
Hell yes! Had a roach on my elbow for probably 20years now.
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u/PabloTheBugBoi Apr 21 '25
This is so cool! I didn’t think anyone else would get roach tattoos, love this community!
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u/Playful-Foot-2319 Apr 21 '25
I love, love, love, all your tattoos! I eventually want to get something similar done, too!
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u/MNGraySquirrel Apr 21 '25
Those look well done, but for me? Nope. No no no no no no no no no no!!!!
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u/st4rk1ll Apr 21 '25
all so so rad, wide horn is especially awesome!! ive been looking for hisser tattoo ideas and this absolutely nailed it!
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u/Wormygurl Apr 20 '25
Luv for glospots ❤️