Comments on: Strange Bugs of Thailand.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:22:19 +0000

So. An unidentified Face Object or UFO bug then!

By: Moon

Moon — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:36:07 +0000

I resemble that bug! Maybe it’s one of my cousins or something.

By: Entomophilia

Entomophilia — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:04:27 +0000

I dissent, this doesn’t look like a cockroach (of the Orthopteroid orders) but more like a true bug of the order Hemiptera.
One does not typically see the head of a cockroach from the dorsal view, as it is usually obscured by the pronotum. And cockroachs don’t have hemelytra (the X on the back).

Sorry I can’t get you any closer than “long-horned bug”. suborder Gymnocerata.

By: The Liberal Avenger

The Liberal Avenger — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:21:40 +0000

This specimen appears to be a variety of cockroach (‘maengda’ in Thai). It is immature, as his posterial armor has not yet fully grown to shield the rear of his body from being bitten or stung.

IMO, the only good cockroach in Thailand is a dead one.