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  2. German cockroach - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Roach bait - Wikipedia

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    The main problem with controlling infestations of cockroaches is ensuring that enough insecticide gets to a sufficiently large proportion of the population to effect control. Cockroach infestations have been treated with insecticidal sprays, dusts, gels, sand baits, etc. Cockroach bait may consist of simple poisons, killing from direct feeding ...

  4. How cockroaches spread around the globe to become the ... - AOL

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    Cockroaches are experts at surviving indoors, hiding in kitchen pipes or musty drawers. ... They confirmed that the German cockroach — a species found worldwide — actually originated in ...

  5. Cockroach - Wikipedia

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    Some species, such as the gregarious German cockroach, have an elaborate social structure involving common shelter, social dependence, information transfer and kin recognition. Cockroaches have appeared in human culture since classical antiquity. They are popularly depicted as large, dirty pests, although the majority of species are small and ...

  6. Cockroach infestations close 2 Sacramento County ... - AOL

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    Inspectors found a total of 57 live German cockroaches and 18 dead roaches throughout the pho restaurant on Tuesday, according to the report. About 40 to 50 live roaches were behind a sink, while ...

  7. Ectobius vittiventris - Wikipedia

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    German cockroach. The species can be easily distinguished by the dark longitudinal stripes that only occur in the German cockroach. In size, shape, and color, the amber wood cockroach is very similar to the german cockroach (Blattella germanica), which is regarded as a hygiene pest. The most noticeable difference is the uniformly brown pronotum ...