Does anyone know what this bug is? They’ve been showing up on my wall over the last few months and their quantity is increasing, so I want to get rid of them.
This is in Zurich btw.
Thanks for the help.
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Posted by claudioo2
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If you kill it, I advise you to throw it out your window immediately or else the room will stink.
Also, this is a wood cockroach.
Could be a “Speckkäfer”
Google it.
Most Times you find the remains of the larvies around/under your bed.
A beetle, hard to kill, even with poison, dig up the garden and you will see the grubs, put them in a can for the birds to eat, if you want to rid the actual beetles without much work on your part then they should drown in soapy water over a very long time as they are very tough, maybe vinegar if you want to accelerate their death
http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/schaedlingspraevention
I recommend you send them some of those beetles for identification. It’s a free service of the city and they know what you can do after identifying the species.
I think it’s a Tabakkäfer – if so, the source is probably some food like dried fruit or grains. It’s worth trying to find out as they can be hard to eradicate if they spread to multiple sites.