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speaker817 Sydney, Australia May 23, 2008

Okay.. what is this bug?
I'm thinking it's a cockroach? But I always thought roaches were all brown and black..
These ones seem to have some white stripes on them.
I've just found 13 of them crawling around my room! I'm guessing they're still young because they're so tiny...
Found some on the carpet a few times, my BED :(, the desk, climbing the walls..
I caught them into my plastic cup!
It took me about an hour to get up to 13.. they're all the same size... and there could be more, sadly.
I tried looking around other places in the house but couldn't find any of them.
So I am hoping that's all of them.

Please, any knowledge :).. what is it!
Thanks

>>> Edit
>>>>>>>>>>> The ones I found are about 5mm to 1cm long.
>>>>>>>>>>> My bro has a cool camera :D


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suunto Sinks Grove, WV May 23, 2008

This is a nymph of a cockroach, possibly that of a brown-banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa - see http://www.alohatermite.com/images/supellalongipalpa.jpg for a family group photo and http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2098.html for a fact sheet that includes control recommendations.

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