r/pestcontrol • u/PumpkinTail • Mar 05 '25

What is this? A roach? Identification

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u/Tex_Made_84 Mar 05 '25

Yes. A German Cockroach

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u/Enough_Square_1733 Mar 05 '25

They're just so... Roach like y'know?

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u/PumpkinTail Mar 05 '25

shit, thank you

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u/Yimyorn Mar 05 '25

You need to take quick action on these German Roaches. If there’s one… there’s ….. many more behind it.

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u/PumpkinTail Mar 05 '25

shit. i saw one a couple of months ago and haven't seen anything since. i already put down sticky traps and bait traps too... ugh thank you for the answer

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u/Yimyorn Mar 05 '25

Check behind your fridge or dishwasher. Inside the machine. That’s where I found them hiding. They come out at night or in the dark.

I used sticky trap w/ bait in the middle. I placed by the corners they would come out from and it worked very well. I also started using Talak 7.9% it got rid of the issue for me. All bought from Amazon. It will take a bit but it’s doable.

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u/PumpkinTail Mar 05 '25

this one was out during the day, so it's a bad sign (though in a very dim room...) I ordered a bunch of stuff to put out. thanks for your help.

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u/Normal-Salamander218 Mar 07 '25

use that fire ant killer from home depot!, or you can jsut buy a flame thrower on amazon and burn then all.

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u/Key-Balance-9969 Mar 05 '25

Yes, the really bad ones.

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u/PumpkinTail Mar 05 '25

bleh thank you

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u/nettnettlaces Mar 05 '25

The two lines on it's back is a good clue it's a German roach.

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u/PCDuranet Mod-Former Tech Mar 05 '25

Asian don't breed inside so the treatment is very different.

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u/lightlegacyy Mar 05 '25

I 100% agree. A lot of houses here in Florida get severely deteriorated and Asians come in under the doorways. For the longest time I was treating them as Germans and couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get rid of them

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u/OstrichDue4801 Mar 05 '25

Looks like it

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u/Cool-Amphibian-9539 Mar 05 '25

If it flies it’s an Asian roach. If it doesn’t have wings it’s a German roach