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Identification |
Both male and female are about one inch in length. The female is all black, while the male has two brown wings. The female oriental cockroach differs in appearance from the male which often leads homeowners to believe they have two types of cockroaches. The female is black, oval in shape, and has no wings -- only two small wing pads just behind the thoracic "shield." The male is thinner in shape, about the same length, and has two brown wings that extend partway down the abdomen.
Habitat |
This cockroach commonly inhabits sewers and storm culverts and will enter buildings through floor drains. It will also |
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live outdoors in firewood, leaf litter, sheds, dog houses, and similar locations. Indoors, the basement, crawl space, and occasionally the attic will be the primary harborage for this pest.
Food Source |
The oriental cockroach eats almost anything that is plant or animal in origin.
Life Cycle |
Females produce their first egg capsule twelve days after they reach maturity. Females produce two or three capsules in a lifetime. Each capsule contains, on average, sixteen eggs, which take forty-four days to hatch. The larvae molt eight to ten times before reaching adulthood. Raised in captivity, males require 146 days to reach maturity, while females take 165 days.
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