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The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about 1.1 to 1.6 cm (0.43 to 0.63 in) [1] [2] long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pronotum running anteroposteriorly from behind the head to the base of ...
Ectobius vittiventris, the amber wood cockroach or amber forest cockroach, is a species belonging to the order Blattodea and is a type of wood cockroach originally from southern Europe. It is completely harmless to humans and is not a storage pest , as it only feeds on decomposing plant material and perishes within a few days in human dwellings ...
Blattellinae is a subfamily of the wood cockroach family, Ectobiidae (formerly "Blattellidae"). It includes the global household pest Blattella germanica, the German cockroach, [1] and a number of endangered species. It contains about 70 genera. [2]
A live German cockroach nymph was on a cardboard box at a beverage preparation area, the report said, and a dying nymph was on the floor next to the kitchen cooler.
This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. [3] A few notable species include: European native cockroaches – genera including Ectobius, Capraiellus, Phyllodromica and Planuncus; Blattella asahinai: Asian cockroach; Blattella germanica: German cockroach
Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. A new study uses genetics to chart cockroaches' spread across the globe, from humble beginnings in southeast ...
A cockroach's cells divide only once each molting cycle (which is weekly, for the juvenile German cockroach [68]). Since not all cockroaches would be molting at the same time, many would be unaffected by an acute burst of radiation, although lingering and more [ clarification needed ] acute radiation would still be harmful.
Blattella asahinai, the Asian cockroach, is a species of cockroach that was first described in 1981 from insects collected on Okinawa Island, Japan. [1] It is a small species of cockroach, typically 1.3 to 1.6 centimetres (1 ⁄ 2 to 5 ⁄ 8 in) long and tan to dark brown in colour with dark parallel stripes on the back of their heads. [2]