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Backwards-Running Beetle? - Luridiblatta trivittata
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Backwards-Running Beetle? - Luridiblatta trivittata

San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, USA
August 2, 2020
Size: .8mm
This insect is extremely fast. I was surprised to discover that it appears to run backwards (a magnifier showed what appears to be its head at the rear of the moving insect, and something that approached it from that direction caused it to execute the maneuver we make when backing out of a driveway (a backwards half-u turn). Extremely curious about this insect.

Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UFV-LCDKEM
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Contributed by tetasao on 2 August, 2020 - 9:23pm
Last updated 8 September, 2020 - 9:08am

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… Tyler Hedlund, 8 September, 2020 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

Cockroach?
Looks a lot like this one:



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