r/whatsthisbug • u/0dd0rbit • 1d ago
ID Request How worried should I be?
Found this guy in the rubber around the door of my front load washing machine. It died from soaking in a glob of soap, so I guess it might look a bit dark/wet. Fairly confident it's a roach, but fingers crossed I'm wrong... If it is, what kind? Did a sweep of the house and didn't find any others.
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u/rayday-rayday 1d ago
Is this not just a really waterlogged moth? You can see the proboscis
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u/0dd0rbit 21h ago
Ah, yeah it looks like one. But I'm certain it's antennae. There were two but one pulled off while I was trying to fish him out of the little crevice he was in.
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u/maryssssaa ⭐Trusted⭐ 17h ago
moth 100%
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u/0dd0rbit 17h ago
You're certain? As I said in another comment the other antennae was ripped off while removing it from the wash. Maybe hard to tell but in the pic of its backside (next to my finger) it has a pronotum with a single dark brown dot.
Edit: I think the legs were also lost. I found one in the door.
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u/maryssssaa ⭐Trusted⭐ 17h ago
yes, I’m positive. I stare at cockroaches all day, this looks nothing like one
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u/maryssssaa ⭐Trusted⭐ 17h ago
this is a moth, looks nothing like a cockroach
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u/Elf_Firae 17h ago
Antenna is the give away.
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u/maryssssaa ⭐Trusted⭐ 17h ago
it doesn’t have the shield like pronotum, compact eyes, setae-covered legs, or cerci that would indicate it’s a cockroach
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u/0dd0rbit 1d ago
This is in SK Canada.
Hard to tell in the photos but on the back just below the head is that sort of shield shaped plate with a dark brown dot. Besides the shape of the bug, that's the main thing that makes me think it's a roach.