oriental roach

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oriental roach - dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution

Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, Blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach

cockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests

Blatta, genus Blatta - type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide

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The Oriental roach is dark red to brown to black throughout and measures in at an inch and a quarter.

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Oriental roaches are thought to be of North African origin, regardless of their name.

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Oriental roaches are brown or black and reside in sewers, drainage areas and other disgusting destinations, traipsing through unsanitary waste and transported it into homes through plumbing, doorways and windows.