I love how pretty they are when they're white for that short period.
And no offense taken :)
December 04, 2007
Anonymous said...
UGH.... roaches are the devil! I HATE THEM! I didn't know they did this... bleh!
and BTW "The last time I molted (sun-sunscreen=burn), I turned a bright red. But after a couple days I settled into a nice, computer-glare pasty white."
HILARIOUS!
December 05, 2007
Anonymous said...
So...white means squishy? Okay, gotta find them at this time to flatten them. (Sorry all you bugophiles. In all actuality I've seen very few cockroaches in real life *knock on wood* let's keep it that way!)
What's worse than a cockroach (no offense, Jade)? An opalescent cockroach, of course. But there's nothing extraordinary going on here, just something ugly (and wonderful, for you bugophiles). When a cockroach molts it becomes white for about 12 hours before its exoskeleton can harden properly.
The last time I molted (sun-sunscreen=burn), I turned a bright red. But after a couple days I settled into a nice, computer-glare pasty white.
Thanks for the photo, Ida.
Photo source: Ester Beatriz via Albuquerque Tribune via boingboing [Image]
posted by Raging Wombat at 10:25 AM on Dec 2, 2007
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Close this window Jump to comment formEr, how big is it?
The ones in Thailand were almost good for pets. They'd fight it out with the lizards on my front porch.
The bitty ones give me the willies.
December 04, 2007
I love how pretty they are when they're white for that short period.
And no offense taken :)
December 04, 2007
UGH.... roaches are the devil! I HATE THEM! I didn't know they did this... bleh!
and BTW
"The last time I molted (sun-sunscreen=burn), I turned a bright red. But after a couple days I settled into a nice, computer-glare pasty white."
HILARIOUS!
December 05, 2007
So...white means squishy? Okay, gotta find them at this time to flatten them. (Sorry all you bugophiles. In all actuality I've seen very few cockroaches in real life *knock on wood* let's keep it that way!)
December 05, 2007
LOL - Opals are actually my favorite! How DID you know. ;)
Seriously, to echo Jade I think these guys are beautiful at this stage, like cicadas only less... green.
December 05, 2007
Hey, "my" roach still walking on the web!!
Great!
Thanks Raging!
December 08, 2007
Thanks for the great photo, Ester.
December 10, 2007