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Flying cockroach: which ones fly and what it means

A few kinds of cockroach can fly short distances or glide, mostly on warm nights. Most do not, and the young of every kind have no working wings at all.

Which cockroaches fly

CockroachWings and flightWhere it usually lives
Australian cockroach Fully developed, working wings, capable of gliding flight. Mostly outdoors, wandering in.
Brownbanded cockroach The males sometimes fly when disturbed, especially above about 29°C. The females cannot. Indoors, in bedrooms and furniture.
American cockroach Winged as an adult; the males’ wings reach 4 to 8 mm past the end of the body. Drains and damp places, coming up into the house.
German cockroach The young have no wings at all. Indoors, in kitchens and bathrooms.

An adult with wings, a young one without

body ends wings run 4 to 8 mm on Adult, American male Young, any kind
Drawn to explain, and not to scale. American males' wings reach 4 to 8 mm past the end of the body; the young of every kind have no working wings, so a small wingless roach in the kitchen never flew in. Sources: in the list at the end of the page.

Match what you saw by size and markings with the cockroach identifier.

What a flying one tells you

A big cockroach flying or gliding in at night has usually come from outside or up from a drain. Close the way it came in: cover floor drains and seal gaps round pipes.

Small cockroaches that stay on the ground in the kitchen, or young ones without wings, are the ones that breed inside. That is a different problem, and baby cockroaches and how to get rid of cockroaches cover it. If they keep coming, book a visit through cockroach and ant control. We cover Pampanga, Bulacan, Bataan, Tarlac and Olongapo.

Sources

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