Is this a german cockroach?
Posted Jul 7, 2021, 1:14 PM UTC
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It's not the best picture but I think it conveys really well how long their legs are and how high above the ground they stand compared to typical roaches. They absolutely love to fly and are relatively calm in nature compared to typical roaches.
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Edit. That’s not a roach. The head on a roach is connected to the body without any separation.
Looks more like a kissing bug of some sort. Do a search for Triatoma Protracta. They can cause Chagas’ disease in people and animals.
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It looks almost if not exactly like this except for the color which the article even says the color shown is not typical. http://agrilife.org/citybugstest/files/2010/06/Zelus-assassin-bug.jpg From what I can tell, the kind that are dangerous don't look like this. And these have flown onto me quite a few times which is why I don't like them and they have never bitten me even once. Which as I understood is how kissing bugs are dangerous. However I'd never even heard of a kissing bug in my entire life before right now.
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Assassin bug - all the better. We have them outside. Beats a German roach every day of the week.
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Looks like an assassin bug
Yeah you might be right which I'm not familiar with. Compared to most of the pictures I looked at its very slender and nondescript. The others were much bulkier and ornate. I just killed about 100 over about a month. They're apparently coming in the front door. I see them hanging around outside and they seem attracted to light and white surfaces.