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In and outside our house (inside one, outside more of them) This is a small one. Also found one about an inch long.
minus-squareHairyHarry@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-23 months agoOk, new rabbit hole for me. It could be one of these two: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ectobius_vittiventris&wprov=rarw1 or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cockroach I hope it’s not the latter. here a comparison of the head section Left: Ectobius Vittiventris, Right: German Cockroach I’m not sure if there are those stripes on my picture or if they are just shadows.
minus-squareotter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoSmart money’s on the former being a cover story for the latter to establish itself in the home… 😵💫 In short: kill 'em all. The former’s gonna die anyhow, but the latter is looking to plaster your subfloors and similar with eggs. 😬
minus-squareupsiforgot@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThe stripes would be very prominent and more in the middle of its head
minus-squareHairyHarry@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoThanks. That’ll let me sleep tonight ^^ Anyway, I will take a closer look on one of the bigger guys, if I see any.
Ok, new rabbit hole for me.
It could be one of these two:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ectobius_vittiventris&wprov=rarw1
or
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cockroach
I hope it’s not the latter.
here a comparison of the head section
Left: Ectobius Vittiventris, Right: German Cockroach
I’m not sure if there are those stripes on my picture or if they are just shadows.
Smart money’s on the former being a cover story for the latter to establish itself in the home… 😵💫
In short: kill 'em all. The former’s gonna die anyhow, but the latter is looking to plaster your subfloors and similar with eggs. 😬
The stripes would be very prominent and more in the middle of its head
Thanks. That’ll let me sleep tonight ^^
Anyway, I will take a closer look on one of the bigger guys, if I see any.