Brown Banded Cockroach (Supella longipalpa)
I. Life Cycle
- Egg cast contains 13-18 eggs
II. Behavior and Habitat
- Build highest populations in high temperature areas
III. Inspection
- Similar to German but in areas higher and drier
- Eggs glued to inconspicuous places: in furniture, behind picture frames, walls and ceilings
- Eggs hatch in 50 days
- Female can deposit 14 cases in lifetime
- Nymphs molt 6-8 times over 5-6 month period
- Emerge as winged, sexually mature adults
- Female has potential to produce 250 offspring
- Not as commonly seen as German cockroaches
- Do not have high water needs, so can be found in drier places
- Found at or above eye level
- Cabinets, closets, behind pictures, in motors of refrigerators, clocks, timers and televisions
- Because of long development and egg hatching time, long-term monitoring important
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