Spotted on my kitchen counter today. I picked up a pile of papers sitting there and this critter scuttled out from under and disappeared over the edge. It didn’t resemble any roach I’ve ever seen, and wasn’t as fast as a roach. The glimpse I got looked like it might have a segmented body. About an inch to two inches long, half inch wide, black. Pacific Northwest. Any ideas?
Could be a carpenter ant.
Thanks: no, don’t think so. It was boxier looking.
I’m afraid that that doesn’t narrow it down very much. “Large black arthropod that doesn’t look like a roach” leaves a lot of possibilities.
It’s the bigfoot dung beetle. It’s found only in the Pacific Northwest.
The description given leaves too much to choose from.
How many legs? It might be a house centipede and if so you may have to burn down your house and move somewhere else to escape the evil. shudders
Yeah, sorry. It didn’t seem to want to have a conversation, and I was so surprised to see it, I didn’t get a clear look. Hopefully it will find its way out.
My best guess then will have to be the rare and elusive Portlandian Big Black Bug.
My guess is it was a beatle. Probably Ringo Starr.
Jokes aside, I’m thinking that it may have been some sort of beetle. I’ll have better dreams if I believe that, so I’m going with it.
Earwig?
Whenever someone asks me about a bug, this is my go-to answer.