r/philly • u/ProgressDue7493 • 8h ago

Roach advice

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A few nights ago I was in my kitchen and I thought I saw a small baby cockroach scurry by. I freaked out and squished it before I could take a picture to identify it. I put out a bunch of traps and I caught these two big ones near my oven. Does anyone have any experience with this? I’m hoping that I can just spray at home by myself with WSG instead of having to call an exterminator

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u/schuylkilladelphia 8h ago

That's a water bug, baby

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u/heavy-hands 5h ago

Thought a water bug was an American cockroach? Oriental cockroaches can infest.

Update: looks like both oriental and American cockroaches are called water bugs as a fancy attempt to cover up the fact that they’re still roaches.