The brown-banded and German cockroaches are also common inside houses. A recent introduction, the Turkestan cockroach , is becoming quite common outdoors in urban areas. The male is winged, light yellowish-brown and an inch long. The female has shortened oval wings, and is black with cream-colored markings on the wings and thorax. When populations are high, some individuals enter houses.
Males fly to lights at night.
Nymphs are brown in front and black behind, and are the stage seen most often. Cleaning up wood piles, and other debris helps keep numbers down. Also, geckos are apparently good predators of these roaches. Sanitation and insecticidal baits can be helpful for controlling cockroaches. Indian House Crickets Indian house crickets are light tan with darker spots and bands, and as with all crickets, they have enlarged hind-legs for jumping.