Pest Organisms / Brown-banded Cockroach
Identification
Adults are roughly half an inch long, with reported lengths from about 13–14.5 mm up to 5/8 inch by source and sex. Source: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/projex/gallery/dl/cockroaches/text/brownbanded_cockroach.htm Source: https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/cockroach-control/ Color runs from light golden tan to dark brown, with two pale bands crossing the wing bases and abdomen; the bands are far bolder on the young. Source: https://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/cockroaches/brown-banded-cockroach/ A useful tell is the pronotum (the shield behind the head): on this roach its edge is clear and unmarked. Source: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/projex/gallery/dl/cockroaches/text/brownbanded_cockroach.htm The look-alike German cockroach, by contrast, carries two dark lengthwise stripes there. Source: https://entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/german-cockroach/ The sexes differ too: a male's wings reach over the abdomen, while the broader, darker female is shorter-winged. Males tend toward golden tan. Source: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/projex/gallery/dl/cockroaches/text/brownbanded_cockroach.htm Source: http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7467.html