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Identifying Features of Indoor Cockroaches
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GERMAN
Adult: 0.5 inch; light brown, two dark stripes on pronotum
Preferred location: kitchens, bathrooms, food preparation and storage areas
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BROWNBANDED
Adult: 0.5 inch; males are golden tan; females are darker brown; both have light-colored bands on abdomen, wings, and sides of pronotum
Preferred location: warm areas indoors, behind pictures on walls, in hollow legs of furniture, clutter
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adult male
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adult female
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nymph
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Identifying Features of Outdoor Cockroaches
ORIENTAL
Adult: 1.25 inches; almost black; male, wings are shorter than body; female, wings are rudimentary
Preferred location: cool damp, dark places-woodpiles, ivy, ground cover, garages, basements, water meter boxes, and in drains
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adult male
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adult female
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SMOKYBROWN
Adult:1.5 inches; dark brown to mahogany; almost-black pronotum
Preferred location: planter boxes, trees, shrubs, vegetation
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AMERICAN
Adult: 2 inches; reddish brown; large body, edges of pronotum are light colored
Preferred location: sewers, water meter boxes, storm drains, steam tunnels, animal-rearing facilities
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TURKESTAN
Adult: female, 1 inch with cream-colored markings along the edges behind the head and around the short, rounded wings; males slightly smaller with yellowish-tan wings and cream-colored stripes along the edges
Preferred location: water meter boxes, cracks between blocks of poured concrete, compost piles, leaf litter, potted plants
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adult male
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adult female
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FIELD
Adult: 0.5 inch; gray to olive brown; two black stripes on pronotum; one black stripe between the eyes
Preferred location: leaf litter, plant debris
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Illustration from U.S.
Depts. of Food and Agric. and Health and Human Services. 1991. Insect and
Mite Pests in Food, Vol. II. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing
Office, Ag. Handbook No. 655.
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