Ectobius pallidus, Heesch, Netherlands
Extreme macro of the head of a Tawny cockroach, found in the garden, and sacrificed. The dutch name "Bleke kakkerlak" means "Pale cockroach". The antennae are extremely long yet largely out of focus here.
Throwing in a little amazing fact: I'm not sure if this applies to all species of cockroach, or just specific ones. In 2015, scientists have discovered that cockroach vision includes the ability to accumulate light to see in the dark. To see in the dark, most nocturnal species simply have larger eyes, yet cockroach vision works more like a long exposure on a camera sensor. It adds light over a longer time and can be as sensitive as collecting a single photon in a 10s time window.
Antenna study:
Ectobius pallidus (Olivier 1789) is a species of non-cosmopolitan cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. The species is native to western Europe and North Africa. In the UK, where it is known from southern England, it has colloquially been dubbed the "Tawny cockroach". In North America the vernacular names "Spotted Mediterranean Cockroach" or "Pallid Cockroach" have been pitched.
