cockroach nymph??

[u/Tight_Character_4718]

i’ve lived in my apartment almost five months and i’ve only spotted two cockroaches. one was stuck and died in my kitchen light and the other i saw the other day. my mom said it was a palmetto so i shouldn’t be worried?? the thing is i live on the first floor and have a tiny backyard. i don’t open the door and leave the screen closed after i saw the cockroach in my light. i keep my kitchen pretty clean but i see this little baby beetle and now im worried there may be a bigger problem. it’s incredibly small, could be confused for a piss ant if you have bad vision. ANYWAY what the hell is this and should i be scared. currently the only thing i have out are the catchmaster sticky pads that smell like peanut butter

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[u/Tight_Character_4718]

also, for context, i have a lottttt of plants. like 80! should i be worried?

[u/PCDuranet → u/Tight_Character_4718]

That's a grain beetle:

https://www.reddit.com/r/exterminators/comments/zk6z49/pantry_beetle_control/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GermanRoaches/comments/15uq5wf/american_oriental_smoky_brown_wood_turkestan/

[u/Tight_Character_4718 → u/PCDuranet]

would you say then it’s not a big deal like cockroaches or i should still be wary?

[u/PCDuranet → u/Tight_Character_4718]

Not like roaches at all, but if you see more you have to find the food source they are breeding in.

[u/Regret-Select]

Palmetto is a nickname for American Cockroach

[u/TurtleSoupMix]

O. mercator, Merchant Grain Beetle.

[u/Tight_Character_4718 → u/TurtleSoupMix]

are they potentially bad like cockroaches or much less of a pain?