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Gato Moteado

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3. it's a rochaina species here in Costa Rica...

Reply to Ponietz (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 03:06 PM

Jun 30

...definitely a roach. but, yes, it's likely a click beetle mimic. the first time I saw one I thought it was a colorful click beetle...until I say it scurry and fly like a roach!

https://cockroach.speciesfile.org/otus/860918/overview

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have you ever seen a red, yellow and black roach? [View all] Gato Moteado Jun 30 OP

Like the one that was waiting beside me on the Lexington Avenue platform and stepped onto the train when it arrived Walleye Jun 30 #1

Beetle or roach? Ponietz Jun 30 #2

it's a rochaina species here in Costa Rica... Gato Moteado Jun 30 #3

Cool! HAB911 Jun 30 #4

Beautiful photo Gato. According to googleimages, it's a Paratropes bilunata. George McGovern Jun 30 #5