Subject: Big Bug
Location: Las Vegas NV
July 29, 2012 7:11 pm
Found this thing by my back door. Its 1 1/2 inch.
Signature: VegasSmitty
Dear VegasSmitty,
This is a female Turkestan Cockroach, and we first posted images of this introduced species last year. Males have wings and look more like typical Cockroaches. According to BugGuide, the Turkestan Cockroaches were: “introduced to the US in the late 1970s, presumably by military personnel returning from the Middle East” and they are found in “semi-arid to arid desert areas, in water meter boxes, cracks between blocks of poured concrete, compost piles, leaf litter, potted plants, and sewer systems.”
What's That Bug? does not endorse extermination
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