Which kind of roach nymph?

Request help to identify insects or other creatures. Please post the location that the insect you want to identify came from, this will help greatly in species determination.
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MMCinBay
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Which kind of roach nymph?

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Trying to identify what kind of cockroach to inform exterminator strategy. Here are relevant facts for context:
- location San Francisco area California
- found two nymphs like this two nights in a row on bathroom floor of the single family detached home I moved into two months ago
- house has a very overgrown yard with a lot of rotting wood, mulch and vegetation, it rained excessively during February and March
- I found a very dark almost black cockroach on the ground outside when I initially moved in but don’t have an image as the area was disturbed by construction work since then
- Have been getting lots of packages in cardboard boxes piling up
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Re: Which kind of roach nymph?

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Uncertain, but it may be a nymph of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) -

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1254066

Over the years, I've used bait stations (large roach) to control this species, with considerable success. In my case, they seem to be more of a seasonal, intermittent problem, than a continuous one.
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