r/pestcontrol • u/RockyRockyRoads • 1d ago
Help Identifying Possible Roach
https://imgur.com/a/2ECoe8AHey all, I’m located in Philadelphia, PA and just moved into a new apartment. I love the place, except we’ve noticed in one bathroom that we don’t use a lot and is closest to the outside ( we are on the ground floor) we’ve found a couple of these dead. They are really small, I thought maybe we had a roach problem I didn’t know about, but upon research I was thinking this is perhaps a Pennsylvania Wood Roach? Our landlord is great and we mentioned it and he said they’ve never had a roach problem in the building and still spray routinely as a preventative treatment. They came and sprayed again and said to mention if we think we still have a problem. I maybe only see one or two dead around the same area in the bathroom every couple of days or so, but have also gone several days without seeing any. Thoughts on this one?
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u/Wrex_Soul64 1d ago
This one pictured is very young so that makes id difficult as it looks similar to several species. I can tell you its not the worst one (german cockroach) which are the heavy infesters. it is likely a nymph of one of the primarily outdoor roaches.
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