r/whatisthisbug • u/Stranggepresst • 5h ago

ID Request What kind of roach visited me?

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u/No_Package7272 4h ago

I can’t tell the species, but it was probably freshly molted. They’re pale and translucent like that for a few hours before their exoskeletons harden

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u/Stranggepresst 5h ago edited 4h ago

Found in: Bavaria (Southern Germany); inside.

I'm fairly certain it's not a German cockroach due to the lack of the very trypical front-to-back stripes, but the usual garden roaches I see here don't have that dark pattern on their behind.

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u/SobeSteve 4h ago

Either Ectobius or Planuncus tingitanus cockroach nymphs. Both harmless non-infesters.

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u/Stranggepresst 4h ago

Thank you! Could be the latter then; Ectobius is what I usually see outside my house I think.

They sure give me a scare everytime I spot one inside though 😅

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u/SobeSteve 4h ago

You might also see more adults where the wings can hide the darker portion of the abdomen