Roach?

[J.huff23]

Am I correct in saying that this is a cockroach?

 

[skippy]

it looks more beetleish to me. the antennae don't look right for a roach.:?

 

[skips]

im interested to see what the smart people think. Most beetles, i feel, have more pronounced elytra than that. The legs look roachish but the antennae maybe not. I'm saying roach

 

[Endagr8]

Nope. Necrophila americana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_carrion_beetle

 

[Matt K]

Definately the carrion beetle Necrophila americana. No where near being a roach. Beetle that eats dead flesh for a living.

 

[J.huff23]

Awesome. Thanks guys.

 

[skips]

and that's why they're the smart people

 

[skippy]

i knew it looked familiar! it just didn't connect for me

 

[Matt K]

It's a neat beetle to culture if you can stand the smell. If you feed them dead mice or pieces of beef heart they do really well, but despite that they eat nearly all of that the culture still has an ...unpleasant...smell to it.

 

[anikaisbff]

i think its a beetle or a assasin bug

 

[Endagr8]

i think its a beetle or a assasin bug

Beetle, yes. Assassin bug, no.

Definately the carrion beetle Necrophila americana. No where near being a roach. Beetle that eats dead flesh for a living.