Size: Up to 2 inches long.

Color: Reddish brown.

The Cockroach is the most common pest that infests homes and buildings in the United States. This insect may be recognized by a yellow "figure-8" pattern on the shield at the front of its body

Behavior

Cockroaches are omnivorous and will eat virtually anything people consume and and many things we won't.

Habitat

Cockroaches thrive in warm, damp environments, such as sewers, drainage catchments, steam tunnels, basements, crawl spaces, and boiler rooms. In southern states, where it tends to be more warm and humid they are found living and breeding outdoors underneath the fallen leaves.

Tips for Control

The key to control is to find and treat these sources directly. In many cases, the services of a professional company, such as Addison Exterminating, are required to achieve long-term relief. In southern states where this cockroach lives outdoors, successful control involves treating the attic, crawl space, and exterior cracks in the home and finding and treating likely cockroach harborages over the entire property.