Pest Info Information Cockroaches

Cockroaches

 

German Cockroach. This is the most important species of the cockroach in the United States. It is about 1/2” to 5/8” long as an adult. Nymphs and adults of both sexes have dark stripes behind the head. It prefers to live in kitchen and bathrooms of homes and apartments, restaurants, supermarkets and hospitals. The Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai, is identical to the German cockroach in appearance and lives outdoors in lawn and leaf litter.
Brown-banded cockroach. It is about 5/8” long as an adult. This cockroach is dark brown, and the wings range from reddish-brown to brown. There are two pale-brown bands on the wings, and the edge of the pronotum is clear. It prefers to live in bedrooms, furniture and closets, particularly on high shelves.
American cockroach. This cockroach is about 1 1/2” long as an adult. It is reddish-brown with light markings behind the head. The cerci at the tip of the abdomen are long and thin. It is commonly found in sewers and basements.
Australian cockroach. The adult is about 1 1/4” to 1 1/2” long. It is reddish-brown to dark-brown with a characteristic marking behind the head. On the front edge of the base of the forewing is a light-yellow band. Nymphs have light-yellow spots on the top of the abdomen. This cockroach is abundant outdoors and in greenhouses, where it can damage plants. It enters homes and is called a palmetto bug.
Smoky-brown cockroach. It is about 1 1/4” long as an adult. It is mahogany brown to black with no patterns behind the head. This cockroach is abundant outdoors and is found in tree holes, woodpiles and attics of houses in Florida. It readily enters homes and is also called a palmetto bug.
Brown cockroach. This cockroach is almost identical to the American cockroach in appearance and is about 1 1/4” long as an adult. It is reddish-brown. The cerci at the tip of the abdomen are stubby, whereas the American cockroach has long thin cerci. The brown cockroach is found outdoors. It readily enters houses and is often called a palmetto bug.
Florida woods cockroach. It is 1 1/2” to 1 3/4” long as an adult and is often called the stinking cockroach because it produces a foul-smelling fluid to protect it from predation. It is dark-reddish-brown to black. The nymphs have broad yellows bands on top of the thorax. This cockroach is commonly found in leaf mulch, wood piles and under rotting logs. It is often called palmetto bug.
Surinam cockroach. This cockroach is about 3/4”to 1” long. It is shiny-brown to black with golden markings on the abdomen. The pronotum behind the head has a yellow margin along the front edge. It is a burrowing species that lives outdoors and often infests potted plants. When plants are brought inside, the cockroach infest the premises.
Oriental cockroach. It is about 1” long as an adult. It is shiny black and has no distinctive markings. The male has wings that cover only about three-fourths of the abdomen; the female has only wing pads or lobes. This cockroach is not commonly found in Florida. It is usually found in damp basements, sewers and crawl spaces beneath houses.
Cuban cockroach. The Cuban cockroach is about 3/4” long as an adult. Males and females are pale-green, whereas the nymphs are dark-brown. It is an outdoors, tropical species that usually is not found in north of Florida. Adults are attracted to light and are adept fliers.
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