Smokey Brown Roach

Identification

The Smokey Brown Roach is 1 to 1 ¼ inches long and dark brown to mahogany in color. They have 6 legs, wings the length of its body, small antennae and a large bell shaped black head. Their newborn or nymphs are red brown in color.

Biology

The adult Smokey Brown roach can live up to 220 days. The female can lay up to 10 egg sacks in her lifetime; each egg sack can have as many as 20 eggs. The female Smokey Brown roach will use a secretion from her mouth to attach her egg sacks to things.

Smokey Brown Roach

Habits

The Smokey Brown roach is mainly found outside homes and dwellings. You can find them around or in wood piles, bark mulch, planter boxes, heavy foliage, and under wood decks, green houses and storage sheds. They are found at times in attics, garages, porches, and crawl spaces. The Smokey Brown roach likes warm, humid places without a lot of circulation. They feed mainly on organic decaying matter.

Allow ventillation under Desk & Homes

Remove Harborage places around the home

Control

Sanitation as with all the other roaches is imperative. Keeping trash cans empty, removing debris and clutter around the home, and sealing all cracks and crevices around the structure will help in the control of all roaches. Removing all water, food, hiding and nesting places will also help in their control.

At RP Lee Termite & Pest Control we believe the inspection is the first step in identifying and controlling all insects. After a complete inspection we can review with you all your options. Whether its our Precise Pesticide Applications, Our Organic Pest Control, Baiting, or our Green Pest Control we will have a program for you.