However, according to the pest control company Orkin Canada, while bites are “rare,” German cockroaches can and do bite, largely when humans are asleep. “They may feed off of food particles ...

The inspector reported finding a live German cockroach in a container of white rice, more than five live cockroaches in an open package of pasta and another cockroach on a bag of onions.

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.