What the fuck is this??!!

[Don Carlos]

Never had bugs like this where I live - what in the name of fuck is it?!

[phantasmagoria]

I name him Harold

[Fender]

cockroach, right?

[Don Carlos]

Could you please ask Harold never fuck darken my doorstep ever again? The GF has shit bricks tonight because of him.

[Don Carlos]

cockroach, right?

We were kind of hoping it wasn't...

[Foo]

It might be a variety but it's not your regular cockroach. They have those long feelers.

[Big Kahuna Burger]

it's photoshopped, impossible to catch a cockroach

[Don Carlos]

it's photoshopped, impossible to catch a cockroach

It was in my bath stuck upside down...

Foo - HALP

[+JuggerNaut+]

welcome to the homeowner's club!

[bork[e]]

is that not just a waterbug?

http://images.google.com/images?q=water ... a=N&tab=wi

[plained]

thats the first thing i thought of as well bork

its an outside bug and i wouldnt be concerned about it.

prolly from down by ur awesome waterview !

[SoM]

cockroach, right?

We were kind of hoping it wasn't...

yup, it is.

and theres over 3000 kinds of em fuckers

do u live to some paki ?

cause they worship em

[Foo]

it's photoshopped, impossible to catch a cockroach

It was in my bath stuck upside down...

Foo - HALP

Best advice I have for you mate is to tame your garden.

When we first moved into a house back when I was young it was a (fairly) new build and the garden was pretty much in its original state - a bit of topsoil, then just junk, rubble and weeds.

That makes it a breeding ground for massive spiders and crappy insects. We had no end of invading creepy crawlies until my dad got the garden under control. Summer was a nightmate.

So best advice from me is get a lawn down and some well maintained beds. Pave/gravel up near the house wherever practical. Don't leave weed spots or allow growth near the house especially not up the walls.

Checking around the house for decent seals is worth doing too since it's a new build. Check places like the toilet overflow outlet pipe and around external door/window edges for any leeway where creepies can get in.

Floorboards on the ground floor would also be bad, but I suspect you have concrete.

[Akira]

Here is something that might help you.

http://www.extension.umn.edu/distributi ... K1003.html

[plained]

lots of good info there in that link.

maybe b4 you get to freaked out try and see if it was a one-of from a box or someshit.

throw down some upside down packing tape (glue side up) in varius places you may thing they may cruise around. bugs get leg-stuck on tape.

why spray if it was only one ey

[l0g1c]

Uhm, that's just a junebug dude.



Nothing to be afraid of, and definitely not a pain in the ass like roaches.

He probably just flew in when a door or window was open.

[bork[e]]

that's no junebug... look at the wings in his pic compared to yours. Also, even though it's a bit hard to tell the actuall size of what he found, it looks a little big to be a junebug.

[Scourge]

that's no junebug... look at the wings in his pic compared to yours. Also, even though it's a bit hard to tell the actuall size of what he found, it looks a little big to be a junebug.

Look at the third pic, you can see the hard shell on top of the wings. It's some kind of beetle.

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

Yup the antennae indicate beetle too. It's not a cockroach Donald.

[Peenyuh]

It's a waterbug...which is nothing more than an aquatic roach. BTW, where there's one...there are more....

[bork[e]]

that's no junebug... look at the wings in his pic compared to yours. Also, even though it's a bit hard to tell the actuall size of what he found, it looks a little big to be a junebug.

Look at the third pic, you can see the hard shell on top of the wings. It's some kind of beetle.

ahh ok. I just saw the wings poking out and didn't take notice of the shell. Now that I see that it does look like a junebug.

edit: btw, it's prolly jesus testing you now that I think about it.

[plained]

whenever i see those beetle/junebug variants, they always seem to throw themselves on their backs

why i dunno , play dead maybe? i know some spiders do that

anyways did i tell you guys i do me thing not to kill bugs?

i catch and release ey and i'm to fancyfast for mosquitoes!

if not i blow them off

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

It's a waterbug...which is nothing more than an aquatic roach. BTW, where there's one...there are more....

No it's not. The man just bought a house stop scaring him with your ignorance.

[HM-PuFFNSTuFF]

I'm guessing it's a beetle from the genus Anomala.

Identification
Some characteristics of the genus:
small to medium-sized, slightly oval-shaped, convex in cross-section
antennae with 9 segments
pronotum not pubescent (hairy)
elytra with shallow striations and puntures, rather translucent (membranous) along sides


or at least from the same tribe. (Anomalini)

[Peenyuh]

No it's not. The man just bought a house stop scaring him with your ignorance.

Yes, it is. And it is ignorant to be scared by ignorance. What ever it is, it is easily remedied. Waterbugs and beetles don't usually run in packs like roaches. I don't like any bugs, hence my view of waterbugs being same same as roaches. By the way, easily half of all horror movies involve people buying a house...that should be MORE scary.