The German cockroach carries its ootheca until birth and can hold up to 48 baby roaches. These creepy crawlers are part of the ecosystem and eat decaying organic matter. On the other hand ...

Bedbugs are reddish-brown, oval-shaped, with a segmented body. They are easily mistaken for cockroach nymphs, especially baby German cockroaches, because they are reddish-brown and wingless.

The German cockroach is one well-adapted bug. All our attempts to wipe it out is only making it stronger. It's evolved to avoid poison bait laced with glucose — something few living things do.