The roaches crawling in the kitchen are mostly German cockroaches.
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Despite the name, the species is thought to originate in Southeast Asia; it was just first described scientifically in Europe. In Chinese pest-control literature it is contrasted with 美洲大蠊 (the larger American cockroach).
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蠊 (lián) only appears in cockroach names: 蜚蠊 (feilián, the classical term for roaches), 小蠊 (small roach), 大蠊 (large roach).
