Are there roaches the size of an ant ?

I’ve seen 2 tiny tiny bugs today that resemble the roaches but only slightly bigger than an ant😫 I’ve never known them to be this tiny. Am I going nuts or is it something else possibly?

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I’m actually ready to break my lease and just take that eviction on my credit report because tiny fucking roaches ???? I can’t . Meanwhile my apartment was bombed last week so I don’t understand if it is tiny roaches.

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I would ask the landlord to get an exterminator, its landlord responsibility to provide a roach/rodant free home.

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baby roaches are very small and can be as small as ants

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why would bombing the apartment not help though? 😭 I’ve seen baby ones before but never this small. I’m so afraid to even sleep

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they just put the gel down but I will be calling them and letting them know there are ant size roaches here.

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If it’s baby roaches then that definitely means an infestation

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we had this issue in another apartment but with regular sized baby roaches and even then they just wanted to use gel and not treat the whole building. We bombed and the issues went away thankfully. But idk what it will take for them to treat the whole building

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when moving in we already did all of this and our apartment is spotless most of the time and no food ever out 😭 obviously we messed up somewhere but Jesus I’m so burnt out.

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Girl I did not need to see this picture 🫠😭😭 also these look different than what I have.

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🤷🏻‍♀️ Google images always helps me identify so I can learn and better handle the situation like even if you leave you can accidentally take hitchhikers to your new place

Also I’m just saying they can bet super small

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definitely I just am super skeeved by bugs so this is my worst nightmare happening rn. And that’s true too. I’m afraid of packing up and bringing one along 🥲

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uhhh I’m 90% sure those are ants. I had German cockroaches in my house and killed many of their babies

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I’m gonna have to bring myself to look up some pics but I’m pretty positive they are roaches now knowing they can be that tiny. It looked like any other roach I’ve seen just really really small. It’s only been 2 so far but they’re so small there could be more. I’ve cleaned all day searching losing my mind at the thought 😭

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no wings on them 🫠

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Do u have a picture? 🤔

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no not yet cause I’ve killed them immediately and haven’t seen any today yet

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I would use roach bait traps. Maybe it was a beetle - I’ve seen tiny beetles that kind of look like roaches.

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Help 😅 I literally bombed this room specifically today. My dad came with a spray he uses in and around his home and sprayed in all important spots. Is this really a super roach breed ? Or is it something else

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I just found an app and it said German cockroach. 😭

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Yeeeep definitely looks like a German cockroach nymph to me. I’m sorry ur dealing with these little fuckers I hate them

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U could get some roach bait poison stuff so they take it back to the nest and kill their buddies

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is this what you did? Were you successful in getting rid of them? And how long 😭I think I actually have some already so going to try.

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We took everything out of the cabinets and put glue traps and bait traps in them and we sealed off any potential openings the roaches were getting through. Removed all food sources too. German cockroaches are uniquely evil in how quickly they can breed so if your apartment neighbors have an infestation you’ll have difficulty getting rid of them. I got rid of the ones in my kitchen in a couple weeks but I live in a house not an apartment

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Oh German cockroaches also like to eat the glue sometimes used on diaper and wipe boxes. Like the bulk boxes that are glued shut on one side

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I already removed food sources but I’ll look into the rest. I’m so ready to just up and leave 😮‍💨 and that’s so fuckin gross. 🤮

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I get u. I hope you can annihilate them all!

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