Discovering roach eggs in a Houston home is rarely a one-off event. The hard, capsule-shaped casings — known as oothecae — are usually the first concrete sign that cockroaches have moved past the ...

Characteristic features of cockroaches are long and strong legs armed with thorns. Cockroaches live mainly in groups and can reproduce quickly. At one time, the female cockroach lays 16 to 18 eggs in ...