Smoky Brown Cockroach? - Periplaneta fuliginosa

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… Kyle Kandilian, 4 July, 2014 - 3:32pm

This is an Oriental Cockroach

This is an Oriental Cockroach. Probably the female.

… aj2822, 17 October, 2007 - 9:51pm

Identification of this picture

Help! I found one of these in NJ. Can you please give me more information on this. The one we found was about 1.5 inches. It came out of a boat that was built in Arkansas, sat at a boat dealer in PA (on the Delaware river), I think it sat in water during the floods this year. We finally got the boat about a week ago and, this crawled out of it this past Saturday. Is this local to NJ/PA? Is it a wood roach? Could it have come up from AK and survived 3 months? Is it an adult? Any help would be good!
Thanks.

… grossedout, 18 September, 2006 - 10:12am

Water-adapted roach?

I've seen similar-looking bugs crawl up from drains and so on out here in Arizona. I don't know what they are, or if they're even a separate species, but they tend to have a more streamlined appearance than other roaches, i.e. American cockroaches, and they don't have obvious wings. I've read that American cockroaches are dark brown colored with distinct gold markings near their heads. I believe I saw some of those in an old apartment building in Louisville. They didn't look like your roach.

… The Casual Exterminator, 6 October, 2007 - 12:48pm

Male/female

in some species of roach the male has long wings while the female has short ones.

… Lynette Elliott, 6 October, 2007 - 2:08pm

1.5 inches

At that size I would guess you found an American Cockroach. I'm not that familiar with the ranges of cockroaches, but you can probably find it by searching the net.

… Lynette Elliott, 18 September, 2006 - 6:11pm

Nymph.

This does appear to be a nymph of a Periplaneta species. It's standing still?:-)

… Eric R. Eaton, 14 February, 2006 - 12:13pm