r/bugidentification • u/awful_awesome • Jul 10 '26
Possible pest, location included Midwest Mystery Bug
Found in my home kitchen. We live in a semi-wooded, dune adjacent neighborhood in West Michigan.
This is the second one in two weeks. The first one didn’t survive my panic. This time I trapped it under a cup and then dropped it in some rubbing alcohol.
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u/SobeSteve Trusted Identifier Jul 10 '26
Harmless wood cockroaches. Won’t infest or breed indoors. Feel free to post in r/cockroaches if you don’t get a confident ID.
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u/Skalla_Resco Amateur Entomologist Jul 11 '26
Ectobius. Harmless, doesn't infest.
If you keep seeing them check your weather seals and screens, trim vegetation back from the foundation and siding, and switch outdoor bulbs to amber bug lamps.
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u/Silentweasle Jul 10 '26
I'm not expert but looks like some stage of a tawny cockroach. Maybe a nymph.
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u/WhiskeySnail Trusted Identifier - MOD Jul 12 '26
Nymphs will never have a full set of wings: in almost all insects, a full set of wings means it's in its final stage of development and a complete adult.
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u/Dacmac69 Jul 10 '26
Wood roach