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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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brown bug - Ectobius pallidus
Copyright © 2012 James Reben

brown bug - Ectobius pallidus
Bristol/Walpole, Lincoln County, Maine, USA
July 15, 2012
Size: +/-7mm body
It's hard to see them in the pics, but it has 2 short appendages on either side, near the rear end...
It was crawling around near under the roof eves at a coastal camp.

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Contributed by James Reben on 16 July, 2012 - 10:10am
Last updated 2 November, 2012 - 1:00pm

Moved
Moved from Cockroaches and Termites.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 November, 2012 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Definitely a roach
Moved from True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies.
Looks like a female Ectobius to me, but I'll let the experts decide.
… metrioptera, 16 July, 2012 - 3:12pm login or register to post comments

 
ID
Thanks again guys
… James Reben, 16 July, 2012 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

have you considered
roaches for this? it sure looks like a roach to me
… Edna Woodward, 16 July, 2012 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

 
roaches
yes, but I never have really had a look at one in person...
are they a beetle, should this get moved/frassed?

Thank you
… James Reben, 16 July, 2012 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

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