Who doesn’t know about insects? surely you know right? Yes, they are animals that are often become the target of people’s hatred because of their unhygienic life and annoying behavior. Yes, you hate it too, right? me too. Although many people hate an insect, there are still people who want to interact with this animal.
Cockroaches are one of the animals that belong to the insect family which we often meet suddenly at home. If you spotted black tiny things running around the corner of your room, there is no doubt, the cockroaches have invaded your room.
Although there are indeed many people who do not like cockroaches, we also need to know the existence of a cockroach or bugs that look like cockroaches. Knowing the type of insects will let us know how to deal with each of them. So, here are some bugs that look like cockroaches that you should know.
Giant Water Bug
The giant water bug is the largest insect. These bugs are similar to cockroaches because their bodies are very similar to cockroaches. This insect has a length of 4.5 inches or 115 millimeters. This louse is dark brown. It has large and strong forelegs that can be used to catch prey. Meanwhile, the middle and hind legs can be used for swimming. These water fleas can be found on the shores of ponds and lakes. The food of these water fleas is also the animals that are in the water.
This insect can also be categorized as a predator. Because he has a habit of ambushing and sucking his prey dry or dead. They are aquatic predators that their prey must avoid.
Why do these insects live in water? are they not dead? Yes, they don’t have lungs like humans. But they have an air tube called the trachea. They obtain oxygen through a small opening connected to the trachea. Although they are not poisonous, they have a painful bite if we are not careful when we meet them.
These insects can survive outside their habitat, namely water, by making their bodies stiff for a few minutes to keep their bodies able to survive as long as possible outside their habitat. One characteristic of these insects is that they can emit an unpleasant odor from their anus.
Great Water Beetle
This one insect is called the water beetle (great diving beetle). This insect is bugs that look like cockroaches. They are native to Europe, the UK, and North Asia. But mostly in England and Scotland. When the larvae are up to 60 mm long. They are dark, brown to black. As aquatic insects, they can also fly. Usually, they fly at night. Adult water beetles measure up to 1.4 inches or 35 millimeters. This water beetle lives in puddles with a muddy bottom. Water beetles eat small insects, frogs, and small fish in the vicinity.
Bed Bug
This one insect is called a bed bug. Bed bugs are 0.16-0.19 inches or 4-5 millimeters long. Their bodies are rust-brown, but when they do not eat their bodies are dull red, and flat, round or oval. This bed bug can be found on all continents except Antarctica, in Asia, not all countries have this insect. However, in Indonesia, we can find it easily. We usually meet them in bed or narrow spaces. The dangerous thing if we are not aware that these insects attack us is when our blood is sucked because these insects feed on human blood.
Ground Beetles
This one insect is called the ground beetle. These Insects are like cockroaches because of their shape and color. Ground beetles live in all habitats, so we can say we can find these ground beetles anywhere. They are nocturnal predators, where they are active at night. These insects can be found under damp logs, rocks, and also under dry leaves during the day. They are dull brown, dark blue, or black. As their name suggests, they are often called land-dwellers because of their constant presence on the ground.
They can be categorized as predators above ground, but they are also grain-eaters. So this insect is a pest for humans because it damages grain crops. If you want to eliminate these insects, you can use pesticides that are used sustainably so that the growth rate of these insects can be stopped.
Fireflies
This one insect is called a firefly. This insect is also quite popular, as it has been seen in several animated films. Where this insect is described as an insect that can glow when it is dark at night. These fireflies are still in the family with beetles, but their bodies are not as hard as beetles in general. We need to know that fireflies can emit light when dark conditions are male fireflies with wings.
Meanwhile, female fireflies cannot emit light because they do not have wings and only look like larvae. These insects are brown or red. Do you want to know where the light came from? the light comes from on the ventral side of the abdomen because this section can produce light. This insect is also a nocturnal animal and a predator. They often eat land snails which are their food.
Wood Borers
This one insect is called the gem beetle. Or it could also be called a wood beetle. They have a size of 2.7-4.5 mm. This beetle is bright brown. Usually, this type of beetle is found in India. The elytra are brown, while the thorax is metallic green or blue. These insects have serrated and short antennae. With their serrated antennae, they can damage dry wood. They even spend their lives digging and eating wood. They lay their eggs on the ground near trees and wood. It takes about 3 weeks to hatch. After they mature, they will fly away from the forest where they live.
Click Beetle
These insects are called click beetles. These bugs are like cockroaches because their bodies and color very similar. These beetles are black or brown but are sometimes metallic. This insect has a body size of 2.5 to 18 mm. Click beetles are very attractive, they can turn around when the body is upside down. Different from beetles in general. This beetle is called the click beetle because of its ability to rotate its body in one click or experiment. These insects are found in abundance in the Rishi Valley.
Their food there are leaves around where they live. They are pests for farmers so many farmers set up traps to catch these seed and plant-eating insects.
Blister Beetles
This insect is called the blister beetle. These insects tiny bugs like cockroaches. These blister beetles have a fluid that they can excrete when they feel threatened or while hunting for prey. Blister beetles have a fluid that can cause skin blisters when exposed to human skin. So this beetle is called the blister beetle. Blister beetles are found in large numbers. These blister beetles can be found attached to Ipomea plants.
Longicorn or Longhorn Beetles
This insect is called the longicorn beetle or longhorn. This beetle is given that name because of its long, swept antennae behind its body. they have an interesting color combination, so many collectors are looking for this beetle to be used as a collection. Most species usually have antennae that are half the length of their body. The size of this beetle is 6 to 7.5 millimeters. When they become larvae, they drill trees to survive in them. They rarely bore holes in dead or felled trees, but instead, they bore holes in living trees.
Dung Beetles
These insects are called dung beetles. Why is it called that? because this beetle always rolls up the accumulated dirt. They collect herbivore dung and make it into a ball which they then painstakingly roll with their feet and hands. They did it from a great distance by pushing it backward. Sometimes two beetles work together to push the ball.
These insects are dull black and glossy to metallic green. Their habitat is on all continents, especially in agricultural land, grasslands, and deserts. In finding a mate, this insect has a unique way of giving a ball of feces that the male has made to attract the female’s heart. If the female receives the ball then they will push the ball together. The ball given by the male will be used to store their eggs.
Stink Bugs
These insects are called bed bugs or bed bugs. These bugs look like cockroaches because their bodies, feet, and wings are very like cockroaches. Not like the bed bugs we often find in our beds. This bed bug is different because it secretes a large amount of foul liquid that serves to repel its enemies. If we try to expel or move it, the smell will be smelled automatically. Because they feel threatened by our presence. This is the reason why these insects are called bed bugs. Adult insects have a body size of about 1.7 cm and are brown. Their common diet is the Gynandrosis plant.
Shield Bug
These insects are called protective ticks. This insect is small in size and the shape of its head is tilted and flat. This insect has five segmented antennae. Usually, they can be found in the bushes or trees around the house. These insects are called guard ticks because they can fool predators with their color and body shape similar to that of a bush.
Leaf Footed Bugs
These insects are called aphids. As the name suggests, this insect has a unique shape. They have leaf-shaped legs so many call them leaf-legged insects. These insects can be found on nuts and fruit-bearing trees, which is where they live. These insects can grow to medium to large sizes from 0.75 to 1 inch. They have brown color all over their bodies. The female can lay 10-15 eggs when the spawning season arrives. However, when winter comes, they can lay up to 200 eggs. This insect is also a pest for farmers because it eats crops and seeds planted by farmers.
Seed Lice
These insects are called seed lice. This insect is still in the plant aphids family, but it can still be distinguished because it does not have leaf-shaped legs and its antennae are on the sides of the head. This insect has a length of 16-20 mm, and the male is smaller than the female. They can fly and have a distinctive sound when in the air. Their defense is to emit an unpleasant odor when they feel threatened. Although it is not harmful to humans, it is better to avoid these insects. Insects of this species are frequently seen in the Caloptropics.
Cotton Stainer Bug
This insect is called the cotton stainer bug. These insects are small bugs like cockroaches. This insect is bright red. These insects are very famous in India and there is their native habitat. They can be seen in great numbers in the late summer months. Their scutellum is black and they also have a kind of white band running down the side of their belly.
Back Swimmer
These insects are called backswimmers. This insect is called a backswimmer because of its behavior that always swims upside down when in the water. This insect is a family of aquatic insects that live and look for prey in the water. They are small insects that have a convex body shape, especially on the back. They measure less than 15 mm or 0.6 inches. The hind legs are flat for pedaling. While the forelegs have a special function, namely to catch prey.
Never touch these insects, because the Backswimmer has a painful bite. They can be found in North America, and they are often seen swimming under the ice during the winter. They can secrete a chemical liquid from their mouth which indicates that they are water predators.
Water Striders
These insects are called water striders. This insect has a body shape that is flat and hairy. They are also a family of aquatic insects. The uniqueness of these insects is that they can walk on the surface of the water without sinking. The fast movements of these insects keep them from sinking above the water.
In addition, their feet are also unique which allows them to stand above the surface of the water without sinking. Their food is insects that fall on the water, so at that moment they immediately chase the insects that are in the water to be used as food. These insects can be found in wells or ponds.
Water Scorpions
These insects are called water scorpions. Why are they called water scorpions? this is because they have forelegs equipped with long, slender claws, at the tip of their abdomen resembling the tail of a scorpion. Therefore, these insects are called water scorpions. This insect has a flat and rough body and is brown. Their heads are also equipped with short antennae. They can be seen on the edge of the pond with a distinctive feature that is their tail sticking out to the surface of the water. These insects measure 20-43 millimeters. They prey on small vertebrates that are in the water.
Cicadas
This insect is named Cicadas. These cicadas are well known for their sonorous sound that they can be heard even from a mile or so away. It is known that the loud sound issued is the voice of a Cicadas male. The loud sound is a characteristic that is often heard in the forests. The loud sound produced by these insects is caused because they raise and lower their stomachs, in their stomachs, there is also a tymbal that affects the sound of these insects.
Straight Winged Insects
These insects are called Straight Winged Insects. Why are they called straight-winged insects? because it refers to the structure of the front wing that is parallel or straight. These insects have special legs that function to jump, so you can say they are good jumpers. They are also capable of making loud noises. The sound comes from friction between the hamstrings and the forewings quickly causing a loud sound. This sound is also used to attract the attention of the opposite sex when the breeding season arrives.
Mole Crickets
These insects are called Mole Crickets. These Mole Crickets have strong forelegs and are great for digging. Because the life of Mole Crickets is always in the ground. They usually make holes in damp sand or mud. This serves to store the eggs of the female. Mole Crickets are about 1 inch long. The forewings are wrapped around their soft belly, while the hindwings are extended backward.
They live in urban or grassy forests. They can be found in the country of Australia which has vegetation that has a lot of water. They are very active in the summer. These insects are omnivores, but some species feed on grassroots. So they are also pests. They have a voice that will be heard when the rain is about to fall, this is their habit. However, only males can make a loud sound.
House Crickets
These insects are called house crickets. These insects are common house crickets. These insects are usually often in the kitchen or places that have a lot of food. Their species can also usually be found under rocks and they are black. In addition, they also have a characteristic sound that often accompanies the silence of the night. Usually, they make the sound in the middle of the night.
They are 6 feet long and measure 16-22 mm in length. They are yellowish-brown. They have a voice that is used to attract the attention of women. They also like dirty clothes, carpets, and human sweat. So they look for what they like at home. During the summer they usually spend more time outdoors, but during the winter they have a habit of looking for a place like home as a place to live. They like something that has a vertical surface such as a post or a house wall. This insect is not a threat to humans, but it is better to get rid of it because it more often damages property in the house.
Bush Crickets
These insects are called Bush crickets. These insects measure less than 9 millimeters. This insect is brown and can be found in bushes. These crickets are like ground crickets but do not live in the soil. Their diet consists of grass seeds and small insects. These insects can be found in England and the South, and Wales. Their habitat is in wet farms and meadows. Their females often lay eggs under rotting wood branches.
Creeping Water Bugs
These insects are called Creeping water bugs. This insect measures 5-16 mm. These insects are brown to brownish-black. These insects are very often in the pond because that is where their habitat is. In the water, they eat aquatic animals. If you want to touch it must be careful, because this insect has a very painful bite.
Toad Bugs
These insects are called frog insects. This insect measures 10 mm. This insect is shaped like a frog. they have large protruding eyes and are round in shape, it is very similar to a frog. They have forelegs that are shorter than the middle legs. Habitat on the banks of rivers or ponds. Their diet is smaller insects. Why are they called frog ticks because of their frog-like behavior and habit, which is jumping?
When eating its prey it can pounce on smaller prey. They have a body that resembles their habitat so it is difficult to find them. If you want to find them, you need a pretty good eye acuity.
Velvety Shore Bugs
These insects are called Velvety Shore insects. This insect measures 4-5 mm. Has a blue or black color. These insects have forelegs that are the same length as the middle legs. They also have long beaks. They can usually be found in ponds and calm waters. They can be categorized as small animal predators. This is without reason because they can move very agile, jump and fly very actively. They also can camouflage around their surroundings. This ability can be used to attack its prey as well as when trying to protect itself when under threat.
Ripple Bugs
These insects are called ripple bugs. These insects like cockroaches, because of bodies, foot, and color. This insect has a size of less than 5 mm. They have an elongated oval body. These insects are often found near rivers. Have the same leg length. These insects are brown or black. They often live in groups in their habitat, namely in water. Their females are usually capable of laying as many as 30 eggs and the eggs will be laid underwater attached to riverbeds, rocks, or plants. Some species like to be in a calm river, some like to be in a flowing river. Because of their habitat in water, they can also walk on water. This is because their feet can sustain their weight while on the water.
Jumping Ground Bugs
These insects are called Jumping Ground Bugs. They measure 1-2 mm. The habitat of this insect is in moist soil such as under wet leaves. They have a habit of jumping, especially if they feel disturbed. These insects include animals that are quite rare.
Damsel Bugs
These insects are called Damsel Bugs. This insect is 8 mm long, yellowish-brown in color and its body is slightly narrowed at the front. Some species of damsel insects have very short forewings. They are predators of their prey. When catching and holding their prey, they use their front legs. Sometimes when there are no other insects, they can eat their group for food. They are considered insects that help agriculture because they can repel insect pests that exist in agricultural land. They also have a bite that is quite painful when dealing with humans.
Seed Bugs
These insects are called Seed Bugs. This insect has a small to medium size of 3-15 mm. They have an oblong body and are rather hard. They also have antennae and beaks. They have a brownish tint, but some are brightly colored. Their diet is grain, some species eat small insects. This insect is an animal that often attacks windows and doors. However, their real mission while at home is to find a warm place during winter. They enter the house through the gaps in the house. When entering the summer these insects look for food such as seeds and they enter the period to lay eggs. Their eggs will hatch after 10 days.
Flat or Fungus Bugs
These insects are called Flat or Fungus Bugs. This insect has a small body shape, flat oval, and dark in color. They also have beaks and antennae. These insects can usually be found under wood fungus or rotting bark. These insects measure from 3 to 11 mm. They feed on the fungus and sap in the wood. They have wings which they use to find their food.
Thermatopilid Bugs
These insects are called Termatophilid Bugs. They are 4 mm in size and dark brown. Endangered species are in New Hampshire and Arizona.
Burrower Bugs
These insects are called Burrower Bugs. This insect has a length of 7 mm. They are black. They have strong spines so they can emerge under rocks and boards or around grassroots. At first glance, it looks like a beetle, but can still be distinguished by its snout mouth that functions to pierce and suck. They live in the soil, but often they are on some plants. Therefore, they are also pests for crops such as corn, soybeans, and cotton. They attack the roots and leaves present on the plant.
Negro Bugs
These insects are called Negro Bugs. This insect has a length of 3-6 mm. They resemble beetles but can be recognized that they are a type of insect because of their antennae and beaks. They are usually often in flowers. Well, this is one of insects that sometimes people consider as roaches but aren’t.
Shield Backed Bugs
These insects are called Shield Backed Bugs. This insect has a length of 8-10 mm. They eat the plants around them. These insects are a bit unique because they are not like insects in general in that they emit an unpleasant odor.
Tropiduchid Planthoppers
These insects are called Tropiduchid Planthoppers. This insect has a slender body and has a yellowish to brownish color. This insect has a length of 7-9 mm. This insect has wings. Three species are not common in the southeastern states.
Acanoloniid Planthoppers
These insects are called Acanoloniid Planthoppers. This insect has a wide oval shape. They are usually greenish, sometimes brown. They have a body size of 1 cm. They can camouflage when in their environment.
Flatid Planthoppers
These insects are called flat leafhoppers. This insect has an elongated triangular body. They have thorns on the sides of their bodies. These insects are widespread and some species or groups of them are brownish or greenish. They have a body size of 0.25 inches. They have red eyes. They have a fine white fluid that coats their bodies. They also can jump when they are threatened. Their diet is vines and ornamental plants. They usually lay eggs in winter. Their eggs are laid in the bark.
Issid Planthoppers
These insects are named Issid Planthoppers. This insect has a short body. They also have spines on the sides of their bodies. Many of their species have short wings and some have beetle-like snouts. They measure 5-6 mm.
Derbid Planthoppers
These insects are called Derbid Planthoppers. This insect has a body size of 8-11 mm. This insect has a fairly wide beak. Most of these insects have long and narrow forewings and the shape of the wings is rather smooth. They have bright colors like pink, brown, and white. These insects make wood mushrooms as food. In addition to having the ability to fly, these insects also can jump. They have habitats in the forest such as fallen tree trunks and decaying plants.
False Clown Beetles
These insects are called False Clown Beetles. This insect has a convex oval shape and has a greenish or bluish color. They also have antennae that are similar to beetles but longer. They have a body size of 4.5-5.5 mm. This species can be found in North America precisely on the Pacific Coast. They live on rotting fungi, moss, and dung.
Minute Fungus Beetles
These insects are called Minute Fungus Beetles. These insects are oval or round in shape. They have a brownish color and have antennae. Their body size is 1 mm. Some of these groups of insects can be found under bark, rotting fungi, and decaying vegetable matter. They are predators, but sometimes eat mushrooms.
Minute Bog Beetles
These insects are called Minute Bog Beetles. This insect has a body that is almost round and convex. This insect has a black color and has antennae. This insect measures 0.5-0.7 mm. These insects live under rocks near the water, among plant roots, and in mosses.
Cebrionid Beetles
These insects are called Cebrionid Beetles. This insect has an elongated body. They have a brownish color and have a body size of 15-25 mm. Their habitat is under bark, on the ground, and under objects. They are nocturnal animals that are often active at night. Male insects have good flight abilities, but female insects do not have wings and live on the ground.
False Click Beetles
These insects are called False Click Beetles. They have a convex body. They have serrated antennae. This insect is brown or black. They have a body size of 3-18 mm. Their habitat is in leaves, under bark, or on rotting wood.
Perothopid Beetles
This insect is named the Perotopid Beetle. They have a size of 10-18 mm and are brownish. They have a flat and convex body. They are rare insects. They can be found on trunks and branches of old trees. They also sometimes live on the ground and feed on tree roots.
Throscid Beetles
These insects are called Throscid Beetles. This insect looks like a cockroach because of its body and color. They have a body size of 2-5 mm. They are brown or black. These insects have serrated antennae. They can be found on logs.
Pea Aphid
These insects, commonly called pea aphids, measure 0.08-0.16 inches or 2-4 millimeters. This flea is green and has no wings. In addition, they have red eyes and antennae that are as thin as threads. These lice have long, slender legs. We often encounter these lice on the plants that are their habitat. So, if we want to find these aphids we can look in the leaves around the house.
These insects are also active in winter. however, it spends time in winter tending to its eggs which are attached to the leaves. Because these insects often live on the leaves of peas, so they become pests for humans. Because they can make pea plants turn yellow and even die. If you do not have good medicine for the treatment of this plant, then these insects will not die. Because they will die only on certain drugs.
Booklice
We are certainly familiar with this one insect, geek. Booklice are small insects, their bodies measuring 0.4 inches or 1 millimeter. With their small body, they can sneak everywhere. They have a soft body and resemble worker termites. They have no wings, the body is flat and the color of the body is pale brown. Booklice are usually found in homes, libraries or some are in the wild.
These insects are very attracted to high humidity, high humidity is also a place for the growth of fungi that become their food. Not only do they eat mushrooms, but they also eat plants and animals that are smaller than them. They weren’t a threat to humans, but if their growth was to increase, it would cause a huge disturbance. Therefore, it is better to exterminate these insects to avoid uncontrolled growth.
Head Lice
This one insect is called head lice. Who doesn’t know about head lice? Yes, which we often find in poorly maintained hair. These head lice measure 0.12 inches or 2 to 3 millimeters. These lice are found all over the world. These head lice reproduce very quickly, if someone who has lice is not quick to get rid of them then these lice will multiply every 5 days. Lice eggs are very difficult to remove, because they are difficult to reach, namely at the base of the hair. So this is what causes head lice to continue to breed.
Now you know right? Some bugs that look like cockroaches. Indeed, many bugs look like cockroaches. However, since we’ve never studied a cockroach-like insect species so we don’t know either. Surely there are many more insects that we have not discussed here. There are probably many cockroach-like insects that are more unique than the insects we discussed earlier.
But maybe some of the insects above can represent and be a picture of insects that are very similar to cockroaches in this world.
Insects that have been discussed can be grouped based on size, shape, or food. The insects above are also scattered throughout the world. There is also something we can find around the house. If you want to research these various types of insects, you can see their habitat based on the facts that I have explained above.
That way you can understand more about insects that look like cockroaches. Hopefully what I have written can provide information to you about some insects that exist in the world that are similar to cockroaches.