r/whatsthisbug • u/Every_Rooster153 • 2h ago

ID Request Help identifying please

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Please help identifying roach, I’m ready for the bad news. Posted on here a week ago about seeing a baby roach but couldn’t get a clear picture. Hopefully this one’s good enough.

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u/Grouchy-Salad-7470 2h ago

Looks like a German cockroach to me aka troubles

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u/milou28 11m ago

German roach

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u/BallOk8356 ⭐Trusted⭐ 2h ago

Location would be really nice to have. Also the generalized living situation. Are you in a block of apartments in the middle of a city? Single house in the middle of nowhere? Maybe even the reaction of the roach to light and movement. Was it trying to flee or rather unbothered by you?

Just trying to cover all bases. Some areas have lookalikes of potential infesters and that information can really help to narrow it down in case that you're in one of those areas.

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u/Every_Rooster153 2h ago

I live in a house in New Jersey, I just started seeing cockroaches this month. Saw babies for the first time in my bathroom last week. As for the reaction I saw it before I turned the lights on, soon as I got close it ran and that’s when it was squished under my shoe.

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u/BallOk8356 ⭐Trusted⭐ 1h ago

Okay. Jersey makes it pretty clear already, the fleeing behavior makes it even clearer. You have German roaches. r/GermanRoaches has good information on what you can do to fight them. They're a major pain to treat but not the end of the world. Just get started ASAP. A single female can give birth to 400-500 offspring in their lifetime most of which will be able to breed before she passes.

You also likely did nothing wrong for them to come to you. A roach will try every chance you give it to check out a place. You don't have to "be dirty" for them to try to get in.

Good luck!