TOP ELEVEN PEST- AMERICAN COCKROACH
The American cockroach is also known as the “water bug”, the “Bombay Canary”, and the “Palmetto bug”. Despite its name, the
American roach is not native to North America, but is world wide in distribution.
Identifying:
Adults range from 1 3/8- 2 1/8" long, and are reddish brown in color. Both sexes are fully winged, with the male wings
extending beyond the abdomen, and the females not beyond the abdomen. They are poor to moderately good flyers. Ootheca or
egg capsules are about 3/8" long, dark reddish to blackish brown, and usually contain about 16 eggs.
Habits:
While American roaches can infest homes, they are more commonly found outside, or in commercial buildings, where they
infest food storage and preparation areas, and other moist dark areas.>> back to top
Biology:
The female deposits her ootheca within 4 hours to 4 days of it being formed. It is dropped, or glued to a suitable surface with a mouth secretion, usually in a crack or crevice of relatively high humidity and near a food source. On average, a female will produce 9-10 oothecae in her lifetime, with each one containing 14-16 eggs.
Development time is greatly influenced by temperatures, varying from 168-786 days, with 600 days at normal room temperature being average. At 84°F adult females live about 225 days, and adult males about 200 days.
| ID males brownish yellow | ID females dark brown to black | ID nymphs bi-colored |
Control:
Treating their harborage sites is the best way to control American Roaches, using desiccant dust and or baits.
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