Help! What kind of bug is this ??

dyqith

Member
Feb 6, 2000
93
0
0
These bugs have been coming around at night in my apartment !



What are they and how am I suppose to stop them ?

EDIT:
Here's a new smaller pic
new bug pic

Thanks,
--dyqith
 

FoBoT

No Lifer
Apr 30, 2001
63,084
15
81
fobot.com
Originally posted by: Eli
Originally posted by: godmare
Looks like a mole cricket

Yep, I would agree with this analysis.

i can only see part of its head, so slooooooow......




elephant rat


or maybe a mole cricket, but i have never seen one of those before
 

godmare

Diamond Member
Sep 25, 2002
5,121
0
0
That second pic looks more like a regular ol' cricket...
Mole crickets have shorter legs and antennae.
 

dyqith

Member
Feb 6, 2000
93
0
0
someone want to give me some hints on stopping them ?

I don't think I can sleep at night knowing those things are running around...

Also, anyone think that the apt managers can do something about them ?

well... at least I'll be moving out of here at the end of august...

--dyqith
 

DanTMWTMP

Lifer
Oct 7, 2001
15,908
19
81
kick it...do something to it...does it stick its ass in the air?...if then it's a stink bug!!! cuz it looks like one
 

styrafoam

Platinum Member
Jun 18, 2002
2,684
0
0
Originally posted by: dyqith
someone want to give me some hints on stopping them ?

I don't think I can sleep at night knowing those things are running around...

Also, anyone think that the apt managers can do something about them ?

well... at least I'll be moving out of here at the end of august...

--dyqith

Shoot it with a 12 gauge.
 

Eli

Super Moderator | Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
50,419
8
81
Originally posted by: dyqith
someone want to give me some hints on stopping them ?

I don't think I can sleep at night knowing those things are running around...

Also, anyone think that the apt managers can do something about them ?

well... at least I'll be moving out of here at the end of august...

--dyqith
Uh, it's a cricket.

It isn't going to hurt anything. They're basically just noctournal grasshoppers. Don't go spraying the place with pesticides, that's way overkill.
 

Eli

Super Moderator | Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
50,419
8
81
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
kick it...do something to it...does it stick its ass in the air?...if then it's a stink bug!!! cuz it looks like one
It looks absolutely nothing like a stink bug :p
 

littleman

Golden Member
May 19, 2000
1,438
0
0
ugh. anythign that looks like a cockroach i freeze with pcduster, then blowtorch it and flush it down the toilet.
 

godmare

Diamond Member
Sep 25, 2002
5,121
0
0
Originally posted by: littleman
ugh. anythign that looks like a cockroach i freeze with pcduster, then blowtorch it and flush it down the toilet.

Cockroaches are beetles....


....and there are like 290,000+ species of beetles.