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Is this a baby cockroach ?

  • 26-06-2013 09:28PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    I'm a little worried, I have started to see a few of these guys around the kitchen,
    they seem to be feeding on crumbs.
    They can fly.

    Also I have found some of them dead - which is my only hope they aren't roaches , but at this size - which is about the size of a sesame seed.
    I'm in Barcelona btw...

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Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Not at all! A baby cockroach would be a grub. Without an indication of size, all I can say is that it's a beetle not some sort. Just put it out in the garden.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    It's about the size of a sesame seed


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭MissyFit


    Yuuuum ...... Sesame seeds


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    MissyFit wrote: »
    Yuuuum ...... Sesame seeds

    Thanks that helps loads


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 586 ✭✭✭Desmo


    Agree with Srameen; it is a beetle.
    There are several kitchen beetles that feed off scraps. Some are very small. if you google for images of "kitchen beetles" you can see lots of pictures.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I am again open to correction, but Cigarette or Tobacco Beetle - Lasioderma serricorne is a contender.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    Thanks, it does seem to be a kitchen beetle.

    ok, thats a relief i expected an invasion of adult roaches in a few weeks..


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