Pest Organisms / Brown-banded Cockroach
Lookalikes
Its small size means it is most often mistaken for the German cockroach. Source: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/projex/gallery/dl/cockroaches/text/brownbanded_cockroach.htm Two checks settle it. The markings: brown-banded roaches show light bands across the wings and abdomen, while the German cockroach's dark stripes run lengthwise on the pronotum. Source: https://entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/german-cockroach/ Location also separates them: this species favors a building's drier, elevated rooms rather than the kitchen and bathroom moisture German cockroaches crowd into. Source: https://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/cockroaches/brown-banded-cockroach/