Subject: Different bug
Geographic location of the bug: Visalia ca
Date: 07/27/2019
Time: 02:23 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Found a little critter on my bed, thought it was a cockroach but the back looks different almost like a mask when u zoom it what is this ?
How you want your letter signed: Lizzy
Dear Lizzy,
This is not a Cockroach. It is an invasive Mediterranean Seed Bug, Xanthochilus saturnius, and it is pictured on pBase. According to BugGuide: “native to Europe and the Mediterranean, adventive in NA (WA-CA) and now locally abundant.”