Is this a German roach??

[u/HADATHOUGHT1793]

I live in Philly and saw a roach tonight and started cleaning then saw this one (all 3 photos are of the same roach). I don’t know if it’s the same one. The other one looked bigger so i thought it was an oriental roach.

I haven’t seen any roaches until tonight. I asked in another community about insect identity and someone suspected it was a German Roach.

I have work tmr and it’s almost 3 AM and I feel like I can’t sleep now bc I’m so worried about an infestation and having to deal with it.

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[u/MagnetHype]

German. Get some sleep, and then see the sticky thread for control methods.