PEST NAME :  GERMAN COCKROACH (Blattella germanica L)

SIZE, SHAPE AND COLOUR :  12 to 15mm.  Mid brown, with a yellow brown thorax  having two dark brown  stripes. Long antennae.  Winged and can fly but does not readily.  Wings full length in male but 2/3 length in female.

BIOLOGY :  Oethecae produced 4 to 8 per female  each containing  36.  Incubation  approx. 17 days at 30oc. Nymphal   stages  6 to 7 to adult. Life span 128 days male and  153 female.

PREFERRED FOODS :  Omnivorous including any organic matter  including human  waste.

HABITAT :  Warm moist environments, inside tray wash plant, inside switch boxes and panels inside machines conduits etc.  Can  swim and will climb smooth surfaces easily.

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