Homeowners Battling Pesky Pests

“Should I be worried about carrying oriental roaches to my new house? I'm pretty sure they come from outside, but will they infest my house like German cockroaches will? submitted by /u/VoiletBishop09 [link] [comments]”

“Hi ! I have seen a few of these in the past week, maybe 5 of them (a few on the balcony, but some are getting in). I see nothing in my drains, behind the fridge or in other warm places, or food storage. I have nets on my windows, there's a 3 cm space unprotected where bugs can crawl in from the balcony. I'm in western Europe, in an appartment. Are those non-adult german roaches from neighbours, or some harmless bugs from outside ? Should I go to war yet ? I don't see the dark bands g”

“I have 2 problems in my new house that are stressing me out and making me scared I bought the wrong house. Problem #1 - Termites I just bought this house (my first house) which was built in 1989 and I live in Southern California. During inspection, active drywood termite activity was found in several places throughout the house. The seller contracted a termite company to fumigate the house and the house was fumigated. I got a copy of the invoice/contract and the treatment came with a 1 year serv”

“I apologize for the blurry photos, my phone camera isn’t the best. I saw this one nymph on the porch and promptly squashed it, ants are already making quick work of it. Is this a German cockroach? It was like a light/medium reddish brown color. We have a bear getting into our trash in the neighborhood, so I moved the can closer to the house.. but now I’m worrying about drawing roaches to/in the house. If I saw one nymph there’s more right? Nothing on google images looks exactly the same so I’m v”

“I think I have German roaches coming out of my tub drain. How can I stop them besides stuffing a rag in the drain? submitted by /u/frogmicky [link] [comments]”

“What type of cockroach is it? Seems to be an oriental nymph from what I’ve seen submitted by /u/mercinywc [link] [comments]”

“I thought i got rid of my roach issue after not seeing a nymph for the past week and a half, but low and behold i see another one and in basically the exact same place: the kitchen/dining table. Is this a german roach? and if so do i need to call the exterminator again to put down bait? i genuinely dont know what to do anymore. I dont even know where they are coming from. FYI I am centeal virginia submitted by /u/AviRen- [link] [comments]”

“About a month ago I posted about a fly infestation that covered my place and the neighbors around me. Aftermath: Two installed Zevo traps. One in the bathroom had three flies. One in the kitchen had 11 flies. I think after the first two weeks the number of flies collecting in them slowed down. I wish the bathroom one had more in it to capture them all instead of me smashing the flies manually in the beginning. For most days I have zero flies now but in the last week there has been one in my bedr”

“Found this around 5pm by a windowsill on a half level where the window is next to a flower bed (bathrooms and kitchen are on complete opposite ends of house. It didn’t scurry around quickly and we’ve not seen any others in over a year of being in this house. I’m hoping it’s a wood or Asian roach by my quick research but the black stripes worry me. submitted by /u/Happyvegetal [link] [comments]”

“Moving into a new house (house is ~10 years old). Husband saw an insect in the HVAC room and set off a fogger a couple days ago. Today I went to assess the carnage and found two small dead roaches and a dead leggy bug (not a silverfish thankfully, another kind but idk which). As pictured, I also found what looks to me like dried scat (mouse? mice?) in this one spot, webby balls that strike me as eggs sacs of some sort, and general spider web detritus of unknown age or kind. Question 1: Does only”

“Located in Austin, Texas. Found this tiny guy on the shower rod in my bathroom. I know it’s a roach but does anyone know what kind? Doesn’t seem to have that vertical stripe that Germans have (looks like horizontal stripes?) but please let me know if I’m just coping. Very anxious about this and I appreciate any help/advice I can get! submitted by /u/Western_Force_7116 [link] [comments]”

“What kind of roach is this? I wasn’t able to confidently match it to photos I found online. This is the only one I’ve seen so far, and haven’t noticed any droppings/casings. It was about .75 inches long, maybe a little less. For reference, I live in the Midwest. Any help would be appreciated! submitted by /u/Step-Vegetable [link] [comments]”

“We’ve been having some field and Asian roaches fly in which happens a lot during this time of year where I’m at in south Texas but I found this wondering around my clean dishes on the counter and now I’m worried we’re dealing with German roaches as well. Every single one I’ve seen so far has flown from inside so could this be a field roach or is it German😪 submitted by /u/Star755 [link] [comments]”

“break the news to me 😪 i live in the northern ga in an apartment. we spray pretty regularly to keep pests out and it’s been working well. however a few weeks ago we came across a dead one, and just now i saw this one and squashed it. it was near the front door so maybe it had just come in. i just wanna know if we should be going ahead and calling an exterminator 💔 submitted by /u/Critical-Possible599 [link] [comments]”

“Hi All, could you please help me identity this small guy? I’ve captured about 4 on a sticky trap in the last 2 weeks, and also seen 2 dying ones. Is it German cockroach nymph or American? They are smaller, nymph sized. Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/Sea-Discipline4491 [link] [comments]”

“Hello, I plan on moving into a rental house in suburban Indiana soon after dealing with a German Cockroach infestation in my apartment a few months back. I had to break the lease because they could not be beaten, and it has left me traumatized. I plan on getting the house inspected and it will be built in the 2000s, but I'm wondering if getting an external perimeter spray is necessary for preventing roaches? Are roaches wandering into a house and causing an infestation a reasonable possibili”

“Killed it so that’s why the body looks shorter/chopped. Was crawling along windowsill and wall at night, had my desk lamp and computer screens on and it was crawling next to that area checked bathroom and kitchen and didn’t see anything . submitted by /u/StrikingCaregiver643 [link] [comments]”

“An apartmenton the 3rd floor in our building caught fire about a month ago. There was water damaged the ceiling on the 2nd and 1st floor which are currently missing the dry wall. I have never seen a roach in the 3 years I've lived here and just yesterday I found one in the hall and then today one in our kitchen. Could the water damage cause them to show up? Leasing office has already been notified and said they are sending pest control out. submitted by /u/No-Stuff2135 [link] &#3”

“I’ve never ever ever had bugs before but we have started seeing these roaches. Never see them around the house but well find Them dead and jsut started this week. We wake up and find them dead . My husband is a smoker and said hes seen them outside flying towards the door trying to get in. I saw 1 outside on our porch. This is the first time we’ve seen them inside. Only saw one alive. I’ve found 6 in total In the house. All dead. We get regular pest control. They have been found in my sons room”

“For more context, came back from Germany/Holland trip on Sunday and found some of those around the apartment starting on Tuesday I think. Didn't think much of it at first since we live on the first/second floor and we have the patio door open a lot for the cats and get bugs regularly but now I've seen one too many. Don't know if they could have come with the suitcase after traveling or they found a way inside while my mom was looking after our apartment and cats. We live in Austria.”

“We have a large American roach infestation outside our apartment because of a leaking pipe into some bushes. I found this baby in our dogs water bowl and one in our bathtub. The pest control tech said it’s probably a baby American but he barely looked at the picture. I’m paranoid it’s a different kind. submitted by /u/Lotus_flower413 [link] [comments]”

“Hi there. I hired a local pest company for a treatment and a follow up after spotting two Asian/Oriental cockroaches. No big deal - haven't seen any since the first sighting. During the follow up, this granular substance was spread out on my basement floors, near the walls but also extending like 3 feet outward from the walls. Not huge piles or anything just sort of sprinkled in those areas. Well, when I asked the tech what it was (via text) he said it was "Bifen" - which says it c”

“Southwest florida area and we get a lot of asian roaches where i am, but this one is darker in color. it has the long wings though like the other ones ive seen, so curious which it’s likely to be! thanks submitted by /u/Snoo-15709 [link] [comments]”

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“Hi i have seen this insect three times in my apartment in this week..twice in the kitchen and once in the bathroom. I'm freaking out now. Is this a German roach or something other kind of roach? Please help identify submitted by /u/whatdoidoquestion- [link] [comments]”

“Found a roach smack in the middle of my bedroom. Noticed it out of the corner of my eye while reading at 1 AM because I couldn't sleep. The only thing I had within my disposal was an empty water bottle, and I didn't want to leap over it since it was blocking me from my door (my room is really crowded, I would've walked around if I could, but I digress). Google told me it was a german roach, and that it was of "high concern." The image I have is of this one. Apologies for th”

“Trying to buy our first home here. The inspection is this afternoon, and my husband will be the main person going over anything that comes up with the inspector. I’ve had horrible experiences with mice, roach, and black widow infestations in the past and one of my main things buying a house is that it must be free of the critters. Due to my experiences, I’ve become quite the pro at spotting evidence of pests and have been told the inspector will only look for termites, not roaches/mice. The hous”

Just found this bastard :( submitted by /u/lawlolawl144 [link] [comments]

“Eastern Europe is the location. Link to pics and more info: https://www.reddit.com/r/GermanRoaches/s/65n6bs36lB submitted by /u/CinnabonBinge [link] [comments]”

“Pls tell me this isn't German 🙏 submitted by /u/still-could-be-worse [link] [comments]”

“For clarification read my last post For weeks I’ve been seeing occasional wandering German roaches again me and my husband aren’t dirty people we keep up with our cleanliness and don’t leave food out at all we live in a mobile home community and I honestly thought I was going insane for a while One of our neighbors reached out and asked if we had been seeing roaches I said yes turns out the family adjacent from our place had an infestation so bad even their trash can outside was covered in roach”

“Sorry for the long post ahead.. We just purchased our first home, we did everything leading up to closing as we should we got a general inspection, plumbing inspection, termite inspection and all came back clear and with very little things that needed to be taken care of. We went from renting, we were comfortable at our other place but wanted to find a house with a nice yard and a home that could be ours. We have young kids as well. We walked through the home about 4 times before closing, we did”

“So I posted almost a month ago about seeing a German roach (or at least I think that’s what it was) in my shower. I took your advice and covered drains, left no standing water or opened food, etc. I did not set bait as I only saw one and my mom was worried I’d bait more into the house. Last night I was in bed with a lamp on and saw the big black/brown cockroach in the first picture come out from under my dresser, which is against my only shared wall. In the photo, it’s dead and on its back, but”

“We have been dealing with Oriental adults in our garage for 6 months and now these have showed up in glue traps submitted by /u/SweetGuitar270 [link] [comments]”

“I have these flies in my bathroom that started coming around just after my boyfriend and I moved into our current apartment (we moved in in May, these appeared in late June). We live in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region of the US. We generally keep the bathroom clean, and they mostly land on the ceiling and upper walls. They have spread to the kitchen and also mostly hang out on the ceiling, but sometimes like the trash can (which we keep covered and empty routinely). I would like to get rid of”

“Hi everyone. I had posted earlier but found a new roach which internet is identifying different than this group and looking to classify a new roach picture. I froze it then put in ziplock. Any advice on what kind of roach this is would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. submitted by /u/dimitrimalaka [link] [comments]”

“Hi I have a very intense fear of pest infestation. Can someone tell me what type of roach this is so I can act accordingly? submitted by /u/CollectionGlad6252 [link] [comments]”

“Edit- btw they are German roaches (the worst kind) So I need advice because no one in my life knows how to help me other than a basic Google search. So I have found 4 adult roaches in the past month. I told my front office and they sent an exterminator to my unit today. I live in a multi unit apartment (about 24 units wall to wall. After doing research I realized I had been seeing baby roaches for a bit now maybe around 8 (thought they were beetles). I’ve been unable to sleep and having breakdow”

“Hey, I moved to a house that used to have an infestation that is being taken care of, we are barely seeing any more roaches and i've only seen 3 since I've moved in, they have been spraying but I am still seeing some nymphs here and there, does that mean some are still alive? Is there any way to speed up the deinfestation? Does this mean the treatment is working? And lastly, how much longer do you think it would take to remove them? Any info would be amazing; Thank you so much! sub”

“Hello, we recently moved to a new apartment and about two nights after we were fully moved in we saw a couple german roaches. We never had issues with them before but we know how bad they can be so we instantly started acting. I put a few Combat Max baits around the place and Advion Trio everywhere with a heavy focus on the areas we saw the most. They usually come out early morning, when I first put the baits we saw maybe 3 to 5 per day, a couple days later we stopped seeing them and now after m”

“New postpartum mom living in Philly corner 2-story row home and going crazy so please help!! Long story short: -2021: Bought my home with no pest issues but had exterminators as a prevention. -Spring 2023 found stucco damage and switched to siding (could this be why?!) -2024: no issues -Spring 2025 found about 6 adult oriental roaches mainly upstairs -Summer 2025 put sticky traps all over and found 1-4 nymphs per day on all floors/rooms of my home (counted about 148 total!!!!! Which cannot be no”

“Over the past 6 months I've seen several Smokybrown nymphs in this bathroom. Is this a Smokybrown or German? submitted by /u/DraglineDrummer [link] [comments]”

“Hello. I work in a pretty old building in the city that has roaches. I believe they're Americans, pic attached (please confirm). I make sure to check myself over to make sure they aren't hitching a ride on me, as well as not bringing any sort of bag or lunchbox home at all, just me and my clothes which get run through the dryer everyday immediately after work. They also have a professional exterminator come by and spray every couple weeks. Since it's warmed up I've been seeing th”

“…unforutnely it’s happened. Lived here for 26 years with mo problem of mice or roaches and we are very very clean. I live in a townhouse and a lot of the houses connecting to mine have started to rent…ever since we’ve had problems of rodents & recently was able to kill all the roaches thank god. I’ve went around the house and sealed up every possible way they could’ve gotten in. I was wondering if anyone had any luck with anti mouse spray for the exterior. Unforutnely I know this won’t stop”

“Had them in previous flats before. So far we've been clean here! This was on the baby monitor in the bedroom. Thought I saw a bug the evening before so I'm praying it's the same one. Checked kitchen non stop throughout night to see if anymore but couldn't find. We have a portable ac in the bedroom and are ground floor so wondering if this fella snuck in. submitted by /u/Elegant_Worker5113 [link] [comments]”

“So we have roaches from the neighboring building and the property management knows and isn't doing anything. I know most are German roaches but I think we have others. I'm looking at Advion gel bait currently but I'm worried as I have three cats and two of them are likely to try to get into things. Are there any other recommendations? I was going to put the Advion under the sinks and other places they can't get too. Any help is appreciated! I want to get this taken care of before”

“Found in apartment. Figured it was some sort of roach species, but then looking at the grey coloring and “hair” not so sure. A little larger than the size of a pea. Southern Ontario. submitted by /u/Riss_s [link] [comments]”

“Hi, I moved into a 2 year old apartment 6 months ago. Have had no pest issues so far other than teeny tiny spiders here and there. Randomly the other day I noticed a dead roach in the hall way in my building. Last night, I saw a small, brown roach scurry across my kitchen wall. I am absolutely disgusted by, sickened by, terrified of roaches. Where I grew up we occasionally got a big giant wood roach, and they terrified me but what gave me peace was that there wasn’t a promise of infestation with”

“About a month ago I found what looked like a dead roach nymph in my upstairs bathroom (but I was sure because it was tiny). Just to be safe I sprayed some alpine wsg and put out traps in my kitchen and bathrooms on both floors. Traps have been clear and there have been no dead bugs in the last month. Today I found a live adult American cockroach in my downstairs living room in the middle of the day. I’m thinking two sightings is a pretty good sign there is an active infestation, but it’s weird t”

“First time poster about to lose my mind! My wife and I bought a 4 acre property in NJ that is situated between two ponds that are about 1/4 acre in size. One is on the front of my property, the other is behind our house on the neighbors. Both ponds are stagnant and raise/lower with rainfall. We have zero mosquitos somehow on the property but when you go outside in the grass, immediate swarms of gnats hit your face. Is this a pond issue? The rest of the property doesn’t have standing water or any”

“I’m in a disability friendly section 8 housing. My neighbor was treated for mice and cockroaches in early June/Late May. Since then I have been being eaten alive in my own apartment. I have complained to management, they sent their own inspector to check, they came for 5 minutes and left. Tried to tell me it was fleas even though they “found nothing” tried to also tell me to capture a live bug. This complex does monthly bed bug checks which I wasn’t aware of prior to moving in. So obviously they”

“Hi all. Just came back from 3 week vacation. My sis saw a dead roach outside last night. I showed her pic of American vs. German, she said maybe German. It was gone this morning when I looked. Could something have eaten it? I'm hoping it was from a neighbor. 😫 PICTURE: Is this roach dander? Taken next to door. Ground level. Some are definitely dead ants and thinking some insect casings as it was below spider web. I often get ants. Some ant bait may have bedn put around the house. M”

“My boyfriend saw (and killed) 2 roaches within a few days. One in the bathroom, one in the kitchen . He saw them at night. I think it might have been german roaches based on his answers. Small roach , light brown coloring. What is the probability that an infestation is beginning? The other thing to mention - i live in an apartment complex, 2 neighbor apartments on the same floor and both are/were extreme hoarders . One of them died a few years ago and the apartment is abandoned with all the tras”

“i live in a prewar apartment in a major city, and I've found evidence of some German roaches recently 🥲🫠 I've set out glue traps and advion bait gel, caulked various cracks and crevices I think they may be coming from (need to do a lot more sealing and caulking, the apartment is falling apart) planning to buy some alpine wsg to spray with when I get paid.. i found this disgusting freak when I lifted my toilet seat this morning; I killed it and flushed it, but I keep staring at the phot”

“Hi I have been renting this apartment in Florida this summer that is very old (1920s) lots of nooks and crannies basically. Well yesterday and today there has suddenly been 20+ flies in my kitchen that I have identified to be flesh flys (GROSS) by the stripes on their back. I’ve been killing them on site when I see them by just using fly spray. My problem is I can’t smell or find anything that has brought them here. I assume something has maybe died in my wall??? But my problem is if I can’t fin”

“Found two of them now. Both on their backs (likely contacted diatamceous earth around the perimeter). One under window ac unit another near the kitchen door. submitted by /u/derrick_domino [link] [comments]”

“TLDR; Apartment, Neighbour has roaches, evicted. Sprayed but being renovated as we speak. Multiple instar sightings since spraying. I was gel and dusted, follow up in two weeks. Neighbours being sprayed again after renovations are complete in two weeks. What I’ve done so far. Placed 20 commercial grade traps along our joining wall. Caulked all cracks, outlets, and placed baby plugs in the outlet’s. Foamed all gaps around plumbing. Eliminated all cardboard, bags, and clutter. Placed all open and”

“Location: Southwest United States Floss for size comparison I believe I found two Turkestan Roaches in my house last night. I know they’re very similar, but I can’t really tell if the one on the right is an Oriental or Turkestan. Both me and the hubby say Turkestan lol. Both were dispatched with insecticide, is Advion too drastic of a measure? I believe both species normally dwell outdoors, are exterior reinforcements enough? Lived here 18 years and only now are we seeing more pests indoors, arg”

“Moved into a new rental home on July 1st. The last tenants mentioned they see "a roach once a month". After a few days, we were consistently seeing at least 1 live American roach a day. I treated the entire perimeter of the home with Ortho Home Defense and, the next day, I found about 20 dead roaches throughout the home. Fast forward a few days, I noticed some bags of mulch in the shed. The "shed" is basically a closed in carport that's attached to the house. 2 of the bag”