Smokeybrown (also known as Smokey Brown and Smoky Brown) Cockroaches
can measure up to 2 inches long, are brown to mahogany in color, and
choose to live primarily outdoors in moist areas around structures and
in debris filled gutters. The Smokeybrown Cockroach seeks out these
conditions because is loses moisture more easily than others in the
species. At night the Smokeybrown will fly toward lights.
Snokeybrown Cockroaches are scavenger omnivores and will eat anything.
Females will lay egg capsules containing about 20 eggs, attaching them
to surfaces. Nymphs molt several times with about 600 days before maturing
and have a white stripe on their back. Adult Smokeybrown Cockroaches
will live up to six months.
Halt Bugology Factoid
These species are the largest cockroaches normally found
in urban areas in the U.S.
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