Dec 3, 2015 - All They Can Eat

QUESTION:

Do smoky brown and American cockroaches eat live plants?

ANSWER:

These cockroaches are generally omnivorous scavengers that eat a wide variety of foods. How much plant damage they cause probably depends on what food is available. If there aren\'t a lot of options in their environment, as in a greenhouse, then I\'d expect they\'d cause a fair amount of plant damage. I wouldn\'t be surprised to find them nibbling on a house plant, either.

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