Along the coast they may be found in trees, especially palmettos. In a structure, they can be found from the attic to the crawl space. Adults may fly on warm evenings. Neither sex is capable of flight. The nymphs are about inch long when they hatch and go from red-brown to black as they develop.
Oriental cockroaches prefer dark, damp, and relatively cool locations.
They can be found in water meter boxes, sewer lines, leaf litter, crawl spaces and basements. In a structure, they rarely go above the basement level. Others are found in only a few locations around the state. These are considered minor pests. It is brown to black with a pale band on the front edge of its body.