VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_QsYLgFigw

Just acquired these! They're only nymphs so far, but it won't be long before they acquire their classic all-brown, winged adult form. Oddly hard to find in the hobby, so I'm super glad to finally have them!

These roaches tend to be the most identifiable as the "classic" cockroach, perhaps even more than the American roach. Cartoons, comics, etc. frequently draw roaches as simply a solid dark brown.

p. fuliginosa are common in Japan as well as southern/sub-tropical states in America, and are not typically pests in the sense that they prefer homes to the outdoors; quite the contrary. They only wind up in homes by accident or when looking for food, but prefer a more humid, warm environment outdoors. They tend to lose more moisture than their relatives and require water every 2--3 days. They're typically referred to as "palmetto bugs" here in Florida, but so are skunk roaches (e. floridana) and giant water bugs and just about any other large-ish insect :P

Here's an article I wrote about them a year or so ago!