cockroach – BettSplendens Tumblr Evac

Last pic of this guy, I promise, but here’s side-by-side pics of large nymph, newly molted roach, and hardened roach. Same guy, pics scaled to about accurate comparison sizes.

Final result of the peppered roach who had his final molt yesterday. Hardened up his exoskeleton overnight, and here he is!
He had his antennae tucked up for this pic because I’d just picked him up, but about 30 seconds after, he started crawling around on my hands. Still nice and calm, just exploring a bit. Bigger bugs always seem to be much calmer than small ones.

drhoz:

knockingonthedoorsofheaven:

clusterpod:

Cockroach nymph, perhaps Ellipsidion sp.

why does Australia get all the pretty ones :((((((

Because we’re the Death Continent and everything wants to advertise the fact 🙂

Actually, I don’t know if Ellipsidion roaches are noxious to the taste, but bright colouration is usually offered as a warning, even if the warning is a bluff.

Excuse me, ma’am, you are a tropical species mostly found in Central America and Mexico, please return to your assigned biome.

I found a banana cockroach in my room again. I caught one before https://bettsplendens.tumblr.com/post/160885794654/banana-cockroach-somehow-got-to-my-house-from , but this one is easily twice the size of that one. Probably a female by the look of her, all fat.

Green banana cockroaches, though not native to Texas, have established small colonies after being brought over on fruit. Apparently we have a colony nearby, maybe in our neighbor’s greenhouse- these roaches like humidity. Fortunately, they aren’t usually invasive in homes, though they can be an issue if you have a lot of fruit.