Females are 1 to 1-1/2 inches long and have only rudimentary wings reduced to small lobes. Males are a little shorter than females and have fully developed wings which don't extend to the end of the abdomen. It's common in sewers, utility chases, in dark, damp basements, and is known to climb water pipes to upper floors in blocks of flats in Jewellery Quarter. This is a notably gregarious species, commonly being found in large colonies.

A few facts

1.They are 25-30mm long.
2.They are dark brown to black.
4.The female will produce 5-10 oothecae (egg cases) in her life time.
6.The hatching time of the eggs is about 2 months.

They are also know carriers of

Salmonella, Food poisoning, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Tuberculosis, Entamoeba histolytica, Amoebic dysentry, Escherichia coli, Gastro-enteritis, Ancylostoma spp.

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