Brown-banded Cockroach

Found mostly indoors but scattered throughout a dwelling, not just the kitchen. Prefers drier areas in furniture (bookcases, desks, wardrobes), around picture frames, light fittings, among stored files & paper, etc.

German Cockroach

Found mostly indoors, and prefer a moist, warm environment close to food, such as kitchens. In the kitchen they will be found in food storerooms, stoves, refrigerators, sinks, water heaters.

Smokybrown Cockroach

Found mostly outdoors and prefers plant materials. Often a pest in nurseries, garages, woodpiles, sub floors, roof & wallvoids, around drains & under garden mulch. Sometimes attracted to light at night.

Australian Cockroach
Prefers food of plant origin, hence found mostly outdoors in areas that offer moist, decaying vegetable matter & plant materials. They can be found under bark of trees, among woodpiles, sub floors, wall voids, garages & sheds.

American Cockroach
Prefers warm, moist and dark conditions such as those found in sub-floors, roof & wall voids, cellars, grease traps, sewers, in and around garbage areas. Commonly infest food stores &warehouses, restaurants, hospitals, and other food handling areas.

Oriental Cockroach
Prefers cool environments, hence mainly found outdoors in damp sub-floors or around drainage systems. It is usually located at or below ground level in buildings.

Wood Cockroach                           usual habitat for these cockroaches is outdoors, they often appear in homes, especially in wooded settings.These are primarily outdoor cockroaches, living beneath loose bark in woodpiles, fallen logs, and dead trees. They cannot survive indoors, but can be an annoyance during the spring and summer when large numbers wander in from outside. They are also brought into homes during winter in firewood. Large numbers of woods cockroaches are sometimes found nesting in rain gutters and crawl spaces. Male wood cockroaches are excellent fliers, and both sexes are attracted to lights.