American and smoky brown cockroaches prefer to live in sewers, garbage cans and crawl spaces — basically anywhere warm and moist. “(A house) is not their ideal environment,” Harris said.

Taking the American cockroach as an example, they have three life stages: the egg, nymph, and adult. Females lay between 12 and 16 eggs, ...

North Carolina summers bring the heat — and with it, an uptick in unwanted houseguests like cockroaches. According to ...

Its closely related cousin, the American cockroach, can go further. If a single female American roach wants to start a new family, she can do so without waiting for any male cockroaches to turn up.

Also known as the water bug, the American cockroach is one of the most common household pests in the United States. If you’re ...

Some species, including the American cockroach, place their ootheca on objects and can hold up to 20 embryos. The German cockroach carries its ootheca until birth and can hold up to 48 baby roaches.