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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Ectobiinae » Ectobius » Spotted Mediterranean Cockroach (Ectobius pallidus)
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Is this some kind of roach?!! - Ectobius pallidus
Copyright © 2007 Steven Price

Is this some kind of roach?!! - Ectobius pallidus
Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 7, 2007
Size: about 0.5 inches
Found this guy inside. Please tell me it's not a cockroach of some kind:-)
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Contributed by Steven Price on 8 June, 2007 - 3:56am
Last updated 15 November, 2009 - 12:44am

Moved
I agree with Robin, this is Ectobius pallidus. See the Ectobius info page for comparisons of coloration. Moved from Ectobius lapponicus.
… John Carlson, 15 November, 2009 - 12:44am login or register to post comments

why not Ectobius pallidus?
looks very similar to this image IDed as E. pallidus by Donald Chandler
… Robin McLeod, 21 December, 2007 - 12:38am login or register to post comments

Roach.
I don't recognize this as a domicilatory pest, so either it is a wood roach, or a recently-introduced pest. I would see what someone in the state ag department has to say about this image, just to be on the safe side.
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 June, 2007 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Not necessarily a bad thing
Most cockroaches are harmless outdoor species that are rarely seen by, let alone a nuisance to, humans. Of course, if you found it indoors, then it's probably one of the pest species. Although they're overrated as disease carriers, those species are best eliminated.
… Chuck Entz, 8 June, 2007 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Sorry
Definitely a cockroach.
… Brad Barnd, 8 June, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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