Most species build their nests outdoors in moist environments such as in soil, rotten woods, rotten logs, leaf axils, leaf litters, tree holes, under potted plants/rocks, etc.
Some species build their nests indoors such as wall voids, other cracks and crevices, behind baseboards, electrical switch boxes, etc.
DIET
Cockroaches feed on organic matters such as meat, grease, starchy and sugary types of food, etc.
HABITS
Always live in a group.
Active at night and usually hide during the day.
Prefer to move along the side of the walls rather than open spaces.
INFESTATION SIGNS
Live/dead cockroaches.
Egg cases.
Droppings.
Cast skins.
IMPORTANCE
Contaminate food and utensils with their droppings, vomitus, and pathogens.
Mechanical vectors of various pathogenic diseases such as poliomyelitis, coxsackie, shigellosis, salmonellosis, etc.
May cause asthma and allergies.
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