Roach to Identify, Please see Picture

Can you help in identifying. I found over a Hundred of these on the outside of my home. A few have made their way inside. I live in the woods in Upstate NY. Please help. thank you.

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It looks like one of the assassin bugs-Reduviidae. I'm not sure which species.
Not an assassin, and not a roach. It's Coreidae. (Leaf footed Bugs) A common plant-sucker.

There are many genus in this family of bugs, and many species within each genus. Lots of variety!

 
Some species can produce an aweful smell and are sometimes referred to or associated with "stinkbugs". :blink:
So it's better to put a cup over them and put them outside if they are inside. If you squash them they will smell up your house for a little while.

 
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