When most people think about cockroaches, they’re usually thinking of the standard American cockroach or the slightly smaller ...

According to LSU Assistant Professor of Urban/Pieri-Urban Entomology Dr. Aaron Ashbrook, the most common two species are the American cockroach and the German cockroach. Know your enemy.

Just ask cockroaches, targets of the emerald jewel wasp. The female wasps (Ampulex compressa) specialize in attacking the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana). If a wasp succeeds ...

AKA: the American Cockroach. But this name is misleading. This guy is actually from Africa, not America. It made its way to the US by infesting boats in the 16th century. And has been spreading to ...

Tiny, biting arthropods live all over Colorado. They can include spiders, flies, bed bugs, mites, and even lice. If you've ever seen a bug bite or a skin irritation that you could not find the cause ...

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For as long as humans have been around, the cockroach has been an uninvited house guest. But how much do you know about these resilient creatures? Britain has three native species of cockroach.