Wood Cockroach
This pest is light yellowish brown in colour with pale colouration along the wing margin.
Wood cockroach. Wood roaches are outdoor-dwelling cockroaches that are often found in wooded areas and in stacks of firewood but sometimes find their way into your home. However wood roaches are slightly smaller about 34 to 1 14 inch long and the adults especially the males appear tan because of the colour of their wings. They are often confused with German American or Smoky Brown cockroaches.
The males appear tan because of the color of their wings. Wood cockroaches live in the woods and not move to the people in the house. They are slightly smaller than the American Cockroach about 34 to 1 14 inch long.
The adults especially the males appear tan because of the color of their wings. To the untrained eye they all look the same. Interesting facts come out when you start puzzling about reproduction process of the insects.
Outdoors American cockroaches eat leaves tiny wood particles fungi and algae. Habits Like their name suggests wood roaches live in moist areas such as under woodpiles loose bark. Flat oval body long antennae spiny legs chestnut brown color.
Redirected from Wood cockroach Ectobiidae formerly Blattellidae is a family of the order Blattodea cockroaches. Often confused with other types of cockroaches a wood roach is a type of cockroach that inhibits moist woodland areas. Wood roaches prefer to eat decaying organic matter and unlike most roaches are attracted to light.
They can reproduce without any males in their population. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. Eggs usually hatch within a month though humid weather can speed up the process.