German cockroach

German cockroach

6158  This has been found in a townhouse unit multiple have been present they have antennas and are a winged species but not recognized to fly, medium brown in color resemble a grasshopper in the legs, it has travelled through ventilation to other units as well, any suggestive information to identify would be greatly appreciated. 

This is a German cockroach, Blattella germanica (Blattodea: Ectobiidae), a peridomestic species that is notoriously difficult to control in multiple-unit dwellings. See https://tinyurl.com/h3nd9z8 elsewhere on this site for some cockroach control recommendations.  Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.