SPECIES LIBRARY
Hong Kong Pest Species Library
One page per species: how to identify it, where it appears, what the risks are, and what actually works — with ID points you can check by eye.
German cockroach
Blattella germanica
The German cockroach is the roach you're most likely to find in a Hong Kong kitc…
American cockroach
Periplaneta americana
The American cockroach is the large roach you sometimes see in Hong Kong — reddi…
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
A bed bug is a small, wingless, blood-feeding insect — adults run 5 to 7mm, flat…
Asian tiger mosquito
Aedes albopictus
The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is one of the mosquitoes commonly fo…
Formosan subterranean termite
Coptotermes formosanus
The Formosan subterranean termite is one of the most common termite species foun…
Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
The brown rat, also known as the Norway rat, is the large rat most commonly seen…