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So you zoom in there, this is a nymph
the reason why we know its a nymph its wings aren't fully developed, in fact you can't see wings in that at all
right now
it's fairly good size though
it's a little confusing
because it looks like this nymph looks like
certain adults of other species this nymph actually resembles a little
bit the adult of an oriental and also the adult of a Turkistan
but if you look at this nymph it actually has
horizontal lines on the back here
which is a tell-tale sign of
the American Cockroach
so this is the actual adult
American Cockroach
fully grown
and interestingly enough it again this is actually almost the same size of the nymph we
just picked up a moment ago
so it's not much bigger
than the other one but, again you'll notice
the wings on it
on the American Cockroach there are full wings
they go pass
the bottom of the roach
and American Cockroaches are
a little darker in color
then some of the other species that look similar to this
again Turkistan roaches are found in Phoenix and
they look very similar to this
the females actually look different so a lot of times you'll see an adult male, a
Turkistan roach that looks like this and a female which will look like an
Oriental Roach
that's how you identify the Turkistan
this one we didn't find any
female
to resemble this so we are confident this an American Roach problem here at this home in
Phoenix.