Introduction This cockroach’s common name comes from the country where it was originally collected. It is a peridomestic cockroach and often enters structures because it is attracted to lights at night. Although it often arrives in bunches of bananas, it is only...

Introduction The common name Florida relates to its being found primarily in Florida, that of woods because it is commonly found in wooded areas/situations, and that of stinkroach because both adult sexes are capable of emitting an oily, vile-smelling fluid. It is...

Introduction The German cockroach is by far the most important and usually the most common of the cockroaches. In addition to being a nuisance, it has been implicated in outbreaks of illness, the transmission of a variety of pathogenic organisms including at least one...