Is this a cockroach?

on_my_oe

I've managed to get through life without seeing a cockroach. I'm not good with creepy crawlies. I found my cat playing with this bug and I am lying in bed imaging the worst.

Can some tell me it's just a harmless bug?

Menas

Yes, call rentokill. Now. They wont bite you...so don't fear. Just creepy.

TimeToShine

Not a cockroach methinks.

uch

Nah thats a waterboatman that you just zoomed in on

the evasion_kid

Looks like a mealworm beetle

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

It's a beetle.

You will know it's a cockroache becuase you will be lying in a pool of your own blood after he's stabbed you in the neck with a douvet.

Deathwatch beetle.

mg1982

Not a cockroach.

myshirt

Could be a local politician.

Vowel Movement

It might be a May Beetle

Nucular Arms

Extra terrestrial brain leech parasite.

anncoates

Doesn't look like a cockroach, based on my scant experience.

on_my_oe

If it's just a beetle, I'll give it's freedom away from the cat.

Just worried I'm about to be invaded by nasty bugs - ordinary bugs are fine!

Ally Dick

How come cockroaches are something you don't see often if ever, yet whenever a restaurant is forced to close by the health inspector, the kitchen is full of them ?

smash

There's no cockroaches in Ireland... Well none that I've ever seen.

anncoates

Candie wrote: »

Deathwatch beetle.

Possibly best insect name ever.

silverfeather

Good lord ..that is NOT a cockroach....It doesn't even look anything LIKE a bloody cockroach! 30 species out of 4,600 are associated with human habitats.

The common species in Ireland are blatella germanica and blatta orientalis. You can identify them pretty easily. No that is not one.

uch

No Damselfly is

Menas

It is definitely a cockroach. German type. Look at the legs shape, length and the 'antlers'.
Uncanny similarity to the fella below.
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imgjul05/wd/01-cockroach.jpg

silverfeather

smash wrote: »

There's no cockroaches in Ireland... Well none that I've ever seen.

Yes there are.

on_my_oe

I saw it on the ground, even the cat wasn't chasing it with the usual vigour she reserves for spiders and flying bugs, so I got worried she was smarter than me.

When you goggle 'cockroach' and try to match it to what's in front of your eyes, it's hard!

c_man

Only one thing for it OP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faFuaYA-daw

mg1982

anncoates wrote: »

Possibly best insect name ever.

My sister when she was younger woke up one night to have a female deathwatch beetle using her blanket to lay her babys on. I think she needed years of therapy afterwards.

Chucken

on_my_oe wrote: »

I saw it on the ground, even the cat wasn't chasing it with the usual vigour she reserves for spiders and flying bugs, so I got worried she was smarter than me.

When you goggle 'cockroach' and try to match it to what's in front of your eyes, it's hard!

Get out of the house....
















NOW

The Backwards Man

Loricera Pilicornis

One of the most abundant beetles in Ireland

anncoates

smash wrote: »

There's no cockroaches in Ireland... Well none that I've ever seen.

silverfeather wrote: »

Yes there are.

ENTOMOLOGIST FACE OFF

smash

silverfeather wrote: »

Yes there are.

I've never ever seen one here. Unless they're small and can be confused with a beetle. Unlike the monsters you see in Spain, Italy or France etc.

Chucken

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Loricera Pilicornis

One of the most abundant beetles in Ireland

I have one of those!!!!













I call it Ringo.

mg1982

There are cockroaches in Ireland. They just disguise themselves very well.

Yellowblackbird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz5E0SQ9dGQ

silverfeather

anncoates wrote: »

ENTOMOLOGIST FACE OFF

I have won ...there are. ...

In fairness they are much rarer here than in places like the states.

One eyed Jack

OP by any chance do you live in a yellow submarine?

It's a Beatle




Can't believe nobody got there before me, or was it really just that stupid that I should now be ashamed...


EDIT: Feck ya Chucken

The Backwards Man

I've seen cockroaches in Donegal, if they're here they can be anywhere. Look nothing like a beetle, don't really look like any other insect.

silverfeather

One eyed Jack wrote: »

OP by any chance do you live in a yellow submarine?

It's a Beatle




Can't believe nobody got there before me, or was it really just that stupid that I should now be ashamed...

NEVER ....hold your head high ...silliness is wonderful!

bjork

Only one solution, burn your house






*I may or may not be a scientific insect expert guy

Chucken

One eyed Jack wrote: »

OP by any chance do you live in a yellow submarine?

It's a Beatle




Can't believe nobody got there before me, or was it really just that stupid that I should now be ashamed...


EDIT: Feck ya Chucken

gerrybbadd

Have la cucaracha stuck in my head now

on_my_oe

It's staying in the sealed emir ice cream container until I get a consensus

Insect Overlord

on_my_oe wrote: »

Can some tell me it's just a harmless bug?

Breaston Plants

It looks a wee bit like Marty Morrissey to be honest. ..

mg1982

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I've seen cockroaches in Donegal, if they're here they can be anywhere. Look nothing like a beetle, don't really look like any other insect.

Thanks. I wont sleep tonight after hearing that.

Chucken

Rentokil tell us it costs 15000 of our euro money to rid your house of these.

Now, it seems Rentokil can find them but generally we dont see them.

Hmmmm!

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/cockroaches-invading-ireland-homeowners-warned-3793841

Menas

How big is it OP? Cockroaches would be about 3/4 inches in length.
You don't want to know how I know this.

on_my_oe

If I take it into woodies, can they tell me what it is?

on_my_oe

I'd say about half an inch?

JaMarcusHustle

smash wrote: »

There's no cockroaches in Ireland... Well none that I've ever seen.

Funnily enough this was on Rte last week.

One apartment crawling with them.

http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10413415/

The Backwards Man

on_my_oe wrote: »

If I take it into woodies, can they tell me what it is?

Probably closed at this time of night.

silverfeather

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I've seen cockroaches in Donegal, if they're here they can be anywhere. Look nothing like a beetle, don't really look like any other insect.

There are many species here but only two or four are really known as pests ...the two I have mentioned German Cockroach - blatella germanica Oriental Cockroach -blatta orientalis the brown banded and American...they like hot places ..your hot cupboard or the kitchen.

They don't fly but have shiny wings.

I find insects and spiders ........and the way they are categorized interesting. Terrified in real life though.

Although I am not scared of the preserved ones in the national history museum. My mom sort of jumps every time I move back the leather flaps on the casing.

I used to make drawings of them. Not great ones. Mum is more the artist.

Menas

Can we get a poll in here? Someone wake up a mod and have them add one....

deco nate

Trigger Happy wrote: »

How big is it OP? Cockroaches would be about 3/4 inches in length.
You don't want to know how I know this.

measured by your pee pee?

Chucken

on_my_oe wrote: »

If I take it into woodies, can they tell me what it is?

Why would you take it into Woodies?

For a day out?

You could just put the poor thing outside.