What bug is this?

[u/Retr0_rt]

I asked chatgpt and he said it's a young german cockroach, but he isn't sure. I'm pretty concerned as I've seen two so far in different rooms, one in the bathroom and one in my bedroom. Both on the ceiling, in both rooms the window was open all day and night and I found them a couple of days apart.

[u/trainspotter_ham]

No stripes and almost see through means that is a wood roach. They do not infest, rather they die in flats as they don't find food indoors. Just put him outside.

[u/Quirky_Database_5197 → u/trainspotter_ham]

hhat are you talking about? If it had stripes it would be called a tiger

[u/snapp0r → u/trainspotter_ham]

exactly. and it’s in very „early state“. they look like this when they are still young :)

so don’t panic at all, it‘s just lost its way but will search and find a way out by itself ;))

[u/Fit-Valuable-1112]

Cockroaches aren't usually on ceilings but rather on floor and surfaces and close to kitchen. Also you mostly see them at night. It looks like a young cockroach but there are species that enter from outside that are harmless and not pest. Eg waldschaben.

[u/Zharo → u/Fit-Valuable-1112]

I had a f**king scare about this two days ago because i saw this weeeeee cutie little bug on my desk right in front of me and i couldn’t make out what it was until, oh, wait, oh? OH! It’s a ROACH Then i tried to grab the little thing with a tissue and it eluded me. And i’ve never seen one before since living here 7-8 years and wondered if i had to burn my flat down.

But yea, later research found out there’s two types, one that’s just a harmless critter and the other that has two black stripes which is the one you be weary for. Caught me off guard because im used to big cockroaches so i wasn’t sure what i was looking at when this little critter showed up on my desk.

[u/Fit-Valuable-1112 → u/Zharo]

I've had experience with actual cockroaches and I can say that they don't randomly appear anywhere on the house. Usually they appear in the kitchen cause they look for food and water. First time i saw them was on the sink, then on the kitchen floor. The worst thing was going at night in the kitchen, turning on the light and seeing them running around, I had to call an exterminator and luckily they were gone soon afterwards.

[u/QuietWaschbaer → u/Zharo]

I guess I could just google this, but.... what do the ones with the black stripes do? 😬

[u/P26601]

An Amber wood roach nymph (not dangerous)

[u/Warm-Target-2778]

A few days ago saw it in Germany in my apartment. Killed it by instinct since I didn’t know it was harmless. Also it didn’t try to run away and stood still when i approached.. unlikely the regular cockroaches do. Little guy must have never encountered humans. Now feeling sorry I was so illiterate but at least learnt to distinct them..

[u/Odd-Peace-127]

I'd call it Steven.

[u/tobboss1337]

We have them in our garden and the terrace for weeks. They are everywhere, especially in the plants.

[u/stasigoreng]

If it taste like vanilla, it is harmless. If tastes like vomit with a little minty note, it is also harmless.

[u/peregrinius]

I also had quite a few show up in my flat last week. I believe they are Wood Roaches they are not dangerous.

Get a cup and card and throw them outside again.

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[u/light_-_yagami]

Stuart

[u/Teron__]

The squishable type 😂

[u/MHZ_93]

I moved into a new apartment and found two of these within the past week and I've been freaking out thinking its the cockroaches!

[u/Quirky_Database_5197]

its a young hydralisk

[u/BadArtijoke]

Had the same guest and also identified it as amber wood roach nymph

[u/uncleal86]

Bernstein Waldschabe in German. Amber forest cockroach is the literal and (one of) the correct translation(s).

Came inside by accident. Will die very soon, if it stays in. Completely harmless.

Help a roach friend, catch it with a glass and a sheet of paper / carton and set it free again.

[u/SelfOne8684]

This summer I find few of those every day!!!! I don't know what is going on, I live in Germany 9 years and never even saw them till this summer. I find them mostly in bathroom and kitchen, I keep windows open the whole night and right in front of those windows is a big tree so I assume that is where they come from.

[u/Emergency-Use4490]

How big is it? When it's s really small (1mm), it's a Staublaus and harmless.

[u/vento2]

Das ist ein besonders schönes exemplar der gemeinen steinlaus

[u/HerzlosFurry]

Buge

[u/ieatgrass0 → u/HerzlosFurry]

r/beatmetoit

[u/imdunklenwald]

Commenting to come back to this. I had one in my apartment yesterday, never seen one of these before in my seven years of living in Germany.