To ask you to tell me this isn't a cockroach. Bug pic included.

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I moved the bin yesterday (which is emptied each day!) to find several bugs scattering! They were very difficult to kill, they wouldn't die! I've also found more in a utility cupboard near the bin, they seem to be hiding in the gaps under the skirting, oh and 1 in the bathroom. I feel rather sick not to mention itchy all over at the thought! My house is clean honest!! How do I start getting rid? I've attached a pic for identification if anyone can.

These are definitely a new thing, I've never seen them before.

Looks like a beetle to me

It's a beetle. Doesn't look like a cockroach at all, don't worry

Doesn't look like a cockroach, no. Maybe a stag beetle? Do you have any rotting wood anywhere near the house?

How big is it?

Not a cockroach. I speak from experience shudders.

Nah, definitely beetle of some sort, not roach.

Oh thank god! Why are they in my house though?? It's a first floor flat, new build. And how do I get rid of them?

All the floor is laminate but shouldn't be rotting anywhere. They are about 1 cm long, 1.5 maybe

Does it have eggs behind it?

It looks like a baby stag beetle. Lovely things. Don't kill them! Show your children and take them outside.

Just make sure it isn't one of the wood boring beetles.... far more worrying than cock roaches, especially if you have them in numbers.

No, cockroaches have much longer legs and antennae. Your pal definitely looks beetle-ish.

It's a beetle.
We used to live backing on to fields they'd come in to the kitchen overnight - especially if it was raining.
Chalk or talc round the perimeter seemed to stop them coming in, but we just tended to pic them up and check them back outside.

glean that's just fluff on the floor behind it

I sympathise - found a huge stag beetle in my kitchen the other night. Frightened the living daylights out of me! We have a lot of ivy on the outside of our house and I think they come in from there. But we only see the odd one occasionally that has come in by mistake. Sounds like yours are settling in!

If it is a stag beetle please don't kill it, they are an endangered species! ptes.org/campaigns/stag-beetles/

I've google pics it's not a stag beetle. Doesn't look like that, I've seen a fair few of these little things now! Shudder. It's not segmented like those pics.

it's a beetle, not a cockroach. Beetles fly, which is how they've gotten into your first floor flat.

Just found another 1 in th hallway, threw it out the window rather than squashed this one. Got a good look at it living it's definitely not a stag beetle but I'm pleased it's some sort of beetle and not a cockroach!

If you've got loads it's probably worth ringing your local council pest control to see what they suggest.

do beetles really fly?

Didn't realise they could fly when I put my face right up to it, glad it didn't try

So I've google lots of beetles and not sure which particular type this is or why it's here, maybe best putting some insecticide down where I've seen them and cleaning thoroughly everywhere.

Phew!

maybe best putting some insecticide down where I've seen them

Why?! Please don't kill them before you even know what species they are. For all you know they might be rare! And even if they aren't, are they doing you any harm?

They aren't harming me no but it's rather gross to find them crawling about my house and out of skirting boards. I feel all itchy every time I see one and they are freaking out the chihldren too. I certainly don't want to leave it and become overrun with them.

Beetle