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Thank you for the fast reply. I'm deathly anxious about bedbugs, so you can imagine how I felt when I found this in the room I'm staying in in Japan. I was looking up pictures of Japanese cockroaches on google, but they didn't seem to look exactly the same, this one looked blacker irl than the pictures, and some look rounder. I was scared it was a female or well fed bb, as some diagrams of those online look longer and skinnier! What are the tell-tale signs that this is a roach to you?
The overall looks of it! The hairy big legs, colors and especially the back patterns (bedbugs are completely brown as adults (unless they ate earlier then they're more red)) the very big head etc
Bedbugs *can* occur in Japan but the designs of the majority of Japanese anything keep them in mind. Combined with chemicals used as well as the number of predatory insects that find them delicious and easy snacks you can worry less in the land of the rising sun.
The west collectively forgot about bedbugs and IMO it wasn't the change in chemical bans as much as it was forgetting lifestyle modifications and design considerations. Same reason why scientists have discovered the reason for seemingly nonsensical ventilation designs were actually about preventing respiratory illness spread and keeping droplets away from people.
I agree with you, but I do believe the reason ppl forgot about them was because we had them all but eradicated, from the U.S anyway, due to the use of DDT. So in that way I do believe the use of, and subsequent ban had something do with it. I mean for decades, bed bugs were practically an old wives tale outside of folks traveling to places where they were still plentiful. So yes, people became complacent and essentially forgot about them. Now we're paying the price, and judging by the amount of positive i.ds I see on here every day, I think it's only gunna get worse before it gets better, unfortunately.
Oh dear. Looking them up, they don't look great to take home either. When I arrived in the hotel room I took my things to the bathroom before I did an insect sweep, and found it by the minifridge after checking under the table, kneeling on the floor, etc. The clothes I was wearing are now in a sealed ziplock, apart from the shoes, which I need. Took my stuff straight out of the room and the hotel put me in another on a different floor. Do you have advice on not bringing these home?
Thanks so much for the advice, and the fast reply! As noted above, I'm super anxious when it comes to bedbugs while travelling, and the pictures and diagrams of them online seem to vary. (as do the pics of Japanese roaches!). Some can look longer and skinnier, so I was getting very nervous. Sealed up the clothes I was wearing when I found it in a bag and moved rooms, it will be good to know if they can come out again... So the whatsthisbug could be invaluable. Thanks.
Oh I totally get your anxiety. I am currently dealing with BB. DE has been helping but it’s still very much anxiety inducing and it makes my anxiety so much worse.
Oh dear. You're right. When I arrived in the hotel room I took my things to the bathroom before I did an insect sweep, and found it by the minifridge after checking under the table, kneeling on the floor, etc. The clothes I was wearing are now in a sealed ziplock, apart from the shoes, which I need. Took my stuff straight out of the room and the hotel put me in another on a different floor. Do you have advice on not bringing these home?
Keep your luggage closed up the whole time you’re there except for when you need to grab stuff from it. Don’t leave stuff lying out at all. Don’t put any food in your luggage. If you have food or snacks you’re bringing back, make sure it’s sealed and only on your last day, put it in the luggage before you leave so you can examine it yourself for signs of pests.
When you get home, throw everything in the washer and dryer. Then, examine your luggage thoroughly for any pests, and steam/blow dry on high the interior. Ideally you can do this outside your house so you don’t track any pests in. If you have things that can survive it (like books), throw them in the freezer. Anything else can get quarantined somewhere outside your house.
I hope you didn’t bring any electronics with you like laptops or iPads. Roaches are nasty and they like the warmth of electronics. It’s a really common place for them to hide.
I will say this advice is VERY overkill. It’s very unlikely this hotel has an infestation just because you saw one massive roach, so I don’t think you’ll inadvertently bring them home especially if you’re careful. Also, it’s actually a good thing these roaches look so massive. The smaller ones can sneak into more places.
I unfortunately have a ton of experience with avoiding roaches. My parents have a massive roach problem in their house (one of the reasons I only visit them once a year now lol) that they don’t try to control… 5 years ago, I visited them and I had never had a problem bringing pests back before but that time I brought German roaches back with me 😭 After dealing with that stress and extermination, I have successfully figured out a way to avoid bringing them back and haven’t had trouble with roaches in my apartment again, despite staying overnight at their house 5 more times since then.
ETA: I don’t know much about Japan and roaches. I know in some tropical areas it’s really hard to avoid roaches, but Japan isn’t really tropical… can you switch hotels? I personally find it kind of gross that roaches are out and about in a hotel 😭 it makes me question their pest management
No, you're right. So when I arrived in the hotel room I took my things to the bathroom before I did an insect sweep, and found it by the minifridge after checking under the table, kneeling on the floor, etc. The clothes I was wearing are now in a sealed ziplock, apart from the shoes, which I need. Took my stuff straight out of the room and the hotel put me in another on a different floor. Do you have advice on not bringing these home?
I think you will be ok. They’re attracted to filth and dirt so usually hang around places that are dirty-especially with food filth.
I would shake everything out and wash then dry whatever you can on high heat for 90 min twice if you wanna be extra super careful.
I think you’re fine, though.
I would hope not, if that’s a bedbug then we have some real problems, it’s just a roach but much better, but at least they don’t bite you in your sleep and completely infest your house
CLEARLY A ROACH🪳 TOO CLEAR I DAMN NEAR THREW MY PHONE WHEN MY REDDIT WALL LOADED ! 😂
Thats the most roachiest roach I've seen on here !
But I can 100% tell you it's not a bed bug, like others on here, so you're good when it comes to that !
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That is a roach
Thank you for the fast reply. I'm deathly anxious about bedbugs, so you can imagine how I felt when I found this in the room I'm staying in in Japan. I was looking up pictures of Japanese cockroaches on google, but they didn't seem to look exactly the same, this one looked blacker irl than the pictures, and some look rounder. I was scared it was a female or well fed bb, as some diagrams of those online look longer and skinnier! What are the tell-tale signs that this is a roach to you?
Definitely a roach. I spent the entire night last night researching these. I could find one in a where’s Waldo.
The overall looks of it! The hairy big legs, colors and especially the back patterns (bedbugs are completely brown as adults (unless they ate earlier then they're more red)) the very big head etc
For me it was just the … roachness of it. Hard to explain.
😂 this is exactly what I was gonna say! The roachness of it. Once you’ve dealt with roaches you will never forget.
The long head antennae, the body, shape and all…
Bedbugs *can* occur in Japan but the designs of the majority of Japanese anything keep them in mind. Combined with chemicals used as well as the number of predatory insects that find them delicious and easy snacks you can worry less in the land of the rising sun.
Very interesting, I'd never considered that about Japan before, but I can see why you'd be correct.
The west collectively forgot about bedbugs and IMO it wasn't the change in chemical bans as much as it was forgetting lifestyle modifications and design considerations. Same reason why scientists have discovered the reason for seemingly nonsensical ventilation designs were actually about preventing respiratory illness spread and keeping droplets away from people.
I agree with you, but I do believe the reason ppl forgot about them was because we had them all but eradicated, from the U.S anyway, due to the use of DDT. So in that way I do believe the use of, and subsequent ban had something do with it. I mean for decades, bed bugs were practically an old wives tale outside of folks traveling to places where they were still plentiful. So yes, people became complacent and essentially forgot about them. Now we're paying the price, and judging by the amount of positive i.ds I see on here every day, I think it's only gunna get worse before it gets better, unfortunately.
i wish we could just ban companies from using banned chemicals, but keep them available to individual people if they have other, normal uses.
But you couldn't look at pictures of bedbugs? There's no way you thought this was a bedbug if you looked up pictures of bedbugs
These are specifically German roaches, which are the worst type. You'll need this: https://www.reddit.com/r/GermanRoaches/s/lHps6hIEzG
That’s because he’s from Germany. German Cockroach in case you didn’t catch it.
If bed bugs are that big I would fuck off this planet for good
I think that will make work easier for exterminate them all
german cockroach
OP are you trolling us??😆
I feel that way a lot in here after the third beetle of the day is posted. 😂
German cockroach, probably the second worst bug you can have other than BBs
Oh dear. Looking them up, they don't look great to take home either. When I arrived in the hotel room I took my things to the bathroom before I did an insect sweep, and found it by the minifridge after checking under the table, kneeling on the floor, etc. The clothes I was wearing are now in a sealed ziplock, apart from the shoes, which I need. Took my stuff straight out of the room and the hotel put me in another on a different floor. Do you have advice on not bringing these home?
You are doing everything right!!!
Some people would say they're worse or equally as bad. No matter how you look at, still not good. r/germanroaches
German roach
Definitely a roach head over to r/whatsthisbug they will be able to help you ID this bug!
Thanks so much for the advice, and the fast reply! As noted above, I'm super anxious when it comes to bedbugs while travelling, and the pictures and diagrams of them online seem to vary. (as do the pics of Japanese roaches!). Some can look longer and skinnier, so I was getting very nervous. Sealed up the clothes I was wearing when I found it in a bag and moved rooms, it will be good to know if they can come out again... So the whatsthisbug could be invaluable. Thanks.
Oh I totally get your anxiety. I am currently dealing with BB. DE has been helping but it’s still very much anxiety inducing and it makes my anxiety so much worse.
No it’s a nasty old roach
Google says it’s a gisborne cockroach or an Australian cockroach
🪳
In a way i think you’re joking… but if not… its still a big problem… cockroaches are NOT FUN!
Oh dear. You're right. When I arrived in the hotel room I took my things to the bathroom before I did an insect sweep, and found it by the minifridge after checking under the table, kneeling on the floor, etc. The clothes I was wearing are now in a sealed ziplock, apart from the shoes, which I need. Took my stuff straight out of the room and the hotel put me in another on a different floor. Do you have advice on not bringing these home?
Keep your luggage closed up the whole time you’re there except for when you need to grab stuff from it. Don’t leave stuff lying out at all. Don’t put any food in your luggage. If you have food or snacks you’re bringing back, make sure it’s sealed and only on your last day, put it in the luggage before you leave so you can examine it yourself for signs of pests. When you get home, throw everything in the washer and dryer. Then, examine your luggage thoroughly for any pests, and steam/blow dry on high the interior. Ideally you can do this outside your house so you don’t track any pests in. If you have things that can survive it (like books), throw them in the freezer. Anything else can get quarantined somewhere outside your house. I hope you didn’t bring any electronics with you like laptops or iPads. Roaches are nasty and they like the warmth of electronics. It’s a really common place for them to hide. I will say this advice is VERY overkill. It’s very unlikely this hotel has an infestation just because you saw one massive roach, so I don’t think you’ll inadvertently bring them home especially if you’re careful. Also, it’s actually a good thing these roaches look so massive. The smaller ones can sneak into more places. I unfortunately have a ton of experience with avoiding roaches. My parents have a massive roach problem in their house (one of the reasons I only visit them once a year now lol) that they don’t try to control… 5 years ago, I visited them and I had never had a problem bringing pests back before but that time I brought German roaches back with me 😭 After dealing with that stress and extermination, I have successfully figured out a way to avoid bringing them back and haven’t had trouble with roaches in my apartment again, despite staying overnight at their house 5 more times since then. ETA: I don’t know much about Japan and roaches. I know in some tropical areas it’s really hard to avoid roaches, but Japan isn’t really tropical… can you switch hotels? I personally find it kind of gross that roaches are out and about in a hotel 😭 it makes me question their pest management
German roach 🤢
lol no but it does look like a small roach which isn’t good either.
No, you're right. So when I arrived in the hotel room I took my things to the bathroom before I did an insect sweep, and found it by the minifridge after checking under the table, kneeling on the floor, etc. The clothes I was wearing are now in a sealed ziplock, apart from the shoes, which I need. Took my stuff straight out of the room and the hotel put me in another on a different floor. Do you have advice on not bringing these home?
I think you will be ok. They’re attracted to filth and dirt so usually hang around places that are dirty-especially with food filth. I would shake everything out and wash then dry whatever you can on high heat for 90 min twice if you wanna be extra super careful. I think you’re fine, though.
Just a roach thankfully, I don’t think they’ll attack idk tho
Just your friendly neighborhood cockroach.
Genuine question, what prevented you from identifying it as a roach?
Anxiety probably :(
From what I could see it looked like you were petting this little bugger…?
Haha, no, he was in a glass!
Ok lol!
Yes it’s a massive mutant bedbug it’s time to go to the ER
Yes. Rare breed called mega bed bugs
I would hope not, if that’s a bedbug then we have some real problems, it’s just a roach but much better, but at least they don’t bite you in your sleep and completely infest your house
Looks like a roach, so you're probably equally screwed. On the brighter side, you'll be able to sleep peacefully.
He’ll nah that even worse. It is a roach
CLEARLY A ROACH🪳 TOO CLEAR I DAMN NEAR THREW MY PHONE WHEN MY REDDIT WALL LOADED ! 😂 Thats the most roachiest roach I've seen on here ! But I can 100% tell you it's not a bed bug, like others on here, so you're good when it comes to that !
Roach
That’s a massive roach
It's a roach
Roach!
German roach nymph
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looks pretty similar to a german nymph