black bug on my kitchen floor - is this a cockroach?

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laurenxo Caledon, Canada Jun 25, 2014

Found this bug on my kitchen floor late last night. Is it a cockroach? Any idea what it is?

Thanks so much!

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laurenxo Caledon, Canada Jun 25, 2014

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jun 25, 2014

No, but it will eat cockroaches - it's an assassin bug known as the masked hunter...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduvius_personatus

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