What do American Cockroaches look like?<\/strong> Why are American Cockroaches important?<\/strong> Reproductive Capacity:<\/strong> Where do American Cockroaches live?<\/strong> What do American Cockroaches look like? With the American Cockroach being one of the largest cockroaches, the adult can reach 1 1\/2 to 2 inches in length. They are reddish brown in color. They can fly and are often be seen around light during the night. Whenever temperatures reach 70 degrees or higher the American […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":720,"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/a-safecarepest.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWith the American Cockroach being one of the largest cockroaches, the adult can reach 1 1\/2 to 2 inches in length.
\nThey are reddish brown in color. They can fly and are often be seen around light during the night. Whenever
\ntemperatures reach 70 degrees or higher the American cockroach can be seen all year round. The adults are
\nhowever more common during the summer months.<\/p>\n
\nAmerican Cockroaches are persistent and troublesome pests that invade any building including the home. They
\nhave been known to carry bacteria which causes food poisoning. These organisms include salmonella and shigella.
\nThe viral hepatitis organism is also transmitted by the American Cockroach.<\/p>\n
\nThe female American Cockroach will carry an egg sack for a short period of time before deposition. Each produces
\n10 to 60 egg sacks at any given time and 14 young emerges from each egg sack. The incubation period of the
\nAmerican Cockroach eggs is about 45 days. The young sometimes grow into adults in as little as 215 days.<\/p>\n
\nThe American Cockroach is most commonly found in zoos and animal rearing facilities ,sewers, water meter boxes
\nand steam tunnels. They however live quite successfully wherever human live. Their environmental preference
\ninclude moist areas such as within sewers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"