AMERICAN COCKROACH

Identification, Facts, & Control

Periplaneta Americana

1 1/2” long Reddish Brown and it can fly

THE AMERICAN COCKROACH

Known also as a "waterbug" or "Bombay canary" due to its habitat of living on docks, ships, sewers and various places around water.
It is the largest of the five species listed above at 1 1/2 inches or longer.
It has reddish brown coloring.
Develops into an adult from 1 to 2 years.
Adults have a lifespan of 1 to 3 years.
Male & Female adults have wings and fly.
The female drops her egg capsule within days after formation—usually glues it to a protected surface. Each capsule contains approximately 10-20 eggs which hatch in 60 days. She may have one egg per week and up to 90 in her lifetime.
Commonly found in bakeries, basements, boiler rooms, breweries, and in and around heating ducts running under hospitals, sewers, and septic tanks.
Insecticide treatment should be placed along plumbing pipes entering the sub area and under door jams.
Granules should be used on a lawn or other areas with high moisture content as an outdoor barrier treatment.
To help track down pockets of these insects in basements, a careful search of spider webs will often lead to the source of infestation.