Pest Organisms / German Cockroach
Lookalikes
for German Cockroach
The Asian cockroach (*Blattella asahinai*) is the easiest to mix up: it looks almost the same as the German cockroach, but unlike its relative it flies well, and it lives outdoors in shaded mulch or compost. Source: https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN277
The brown-banded cockroach (*Supella longipalpa*) is often confused with it too, but rather than two lengthwise stripes it shows pale yellow bands set crosswise over the base of the wings and the abdomen. Source: https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/projex/gallery/dl/cockroaches/text/brownbanded_cockroach.htm Source: https://urbanentomology.tamu.edu/cockroaches/brown-banded-cockroach/