Latest edition: Name that bug!

[MissSkittles]

Google has failed to help me identify this little creepy crawler. I found it in my leopard gecko’s bioactive tank. It’s fast, climbs and is nothing that I intentionally put in there. Looked and seems to be the only one. Any ideas? @jamest0o0 @JoXie411

 

[Klyde O'Scope]

It looks to me like something of the roach persuasion...

 

[MissSkittles]

It looks to me like something of the roach persuasion...

Yes, I believe so too. However, I can’t find any roaches with those dots. Closest I can find is a wood roach, but those have more markings.

 

[Prince of Duval]

Yes, I believe so too. However, I can’t find any roaches with those dots. Closest I can find is a wood roach, but those have more markings.

Markings like a fur beetle but antennae are long.

 

[RJChamers]

Maybe fungus beetle except for long antenna

 

[MissSkittles]

Maybe fungus beetle except for long antenna

Yes, looks similar but it has the segmented abdomen.
I’m still trying to figure out how it got in the tank, but with substrate, leaves and seed pods from bio dude, plants from Home Depot & Lowe’s and clean up crew from eBay, who knows.

 

[jamest0o0]

Definitely a roach, looks like a smokey brown roach nymph

 

[Persnickety Parson's]

Google has failed to help me identify this little creepy crawler. I found it in my leopard gecko’s bioactive tank. It’s fast, climbs and is nothing that I intentionally put in there. Looked and seems to be the only one. Any ideas? @jamest0o0 @JoXie411
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Keep it, it could be periplaneta australasiae a rather handsome roach to be honest.

 

[jamest0o0]

Keep it, it could be periplaneta australasiae a rather handsome roach to be honest.

That was my second guess, but looks a little different than typical australian roach nymphs from what I've seen(never had them).

 

[Persnickety Parson's]

That was my second guess, but looks a little different than typical australian roach nymphs from what I've seen(never had them).

Very young babies look different, we will know after a molt or two. I used to raise them. But also in Florida, ive only ever seen periplaneta australasiae and americana

 

[MissSkittles]

I removed it from my leopard gecko tank...didn’t see more than the one. Have it in a small bin if it hasn’t yet escaped. If there’s more in there, it might explain why my leo is such a fussy eater. Might be a good excuse to redo the tank, along with plants that aren’t doing so great.

 

[Persnickety Parson's]

I removed it from my leopard gecko tank...didn’t see more than the one. Have it in a small bin if it hasn’t yet escaped. If there’s more in there, it might explain why my leo is such a fussy eater. Might be a good excuse to redo the tank, along with plants that aren’t doing so great.

Well keep it, they are fun little pets. If you find more, keep them as well, they do appreciate company