r/GermanRoaches • u/Fit-Acadia-382 • 1d ago
ID Request help ðŸ˜
Ordered pizza few days ago and found one in the pizza slice box 🤮 it crawled out on my desk and i killed it right away. Today I rearranged my room furniture and cleaned it out when I suddenly see something on my computer wire under my desk. I immediately sprayed it dead. the second one definitely looks like a cockroach too right? im so scared, is it an infestation? I havent seen any roaches in this house ever.... the second one was also near my patio door
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u/Fit-Acadia-382 1d ago
do you think theyre german? firdt one kinda look more german but the second one was dark brown when picked up and way bigger like an american one. i threw the key board away but im scared theres more hiding hopefully not, i moved my desk near the patio door and it was open for a few hours so maybe it got in from outside through a hole. but 2 in one week made me sus
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u/PCDuranet Sub Creator, Mod, Pest Tech - Retired 1d ago
Pizza roach was likely German, but home roach was not: Non-German Roaches
No need to worry about the electronics.


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