This small, light-colored roach with the two prominent dark streaks on the thorax is perhaps the chief household pest today. The German roach is more active, produces more eggs and grows faster than other common roaches. The female German roach may produce four or five egg capsules containing up to 50 eggs each. The eggs hatch in about 2 weeks. The nymphs mature into adults in 60-65 days. The life cycle can be completed in 3 months or less.
