Creepy crawlies

January 28, 2012 12:22 PM

Any bug experts in the house?

Do you know what kind of bug this is? I found it crawling half-way up my wall this morning. That's not a bed bug is it? Please say it isn't.

posted by legendarygirlfriend to Home & Garden (10 answers total)

My first guess would be a small/immature cockroach of some sort.
posted by HuronBob at 12:30 PM on January 28, 2012

It's hard to tell the scale, but I think that's just an immature cockroach.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 12:30 PM on January 28, 2012

Images of cockroach nymphs
posted by HuronBob at 12:31 PM on January 28, 2012

I think it's a juvenile cockroach.
posted by sevenyearlurk at 12:31 PM on January 28, 2012

No matter what it is, you're extremely unlikely to see a bed bug out in the open, especially on a wall, in the daytime. They crawl back into their little cracks and hide come dawn.
posted by mudpuppie at 1:11 PM on January 28, 2012

I also think it looks like a small cockroach.
posted by R. Mutt at 1:30 PM on January 28, 2012

Entomologist here - definitely not a bed bug. Looks like an immature german cockroach to me.
posted by amelliferae at 2:10 PM on January 28, 2012

Just a cockroach. For sure.
posted by colinshark at 5:51 PM on January 28, 2012

Response by poster: It's unanimous! Thanks everyone!
posted by legendarygirlfriend at 9:48 PM on January 28, 2012

For future reference, I've had a lot of luck with the Yahoo! Groups BugClub.
posted by JaredSeth at 2:44 PM on January 29, 2012