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Bookmark or Share- Cockroach - WikipediaDomino cockroach Therea petiveriana, normally found in India. Most species of cockroach are about the size of a thumbnail, but several species are notably larger. The world's heaviest cockroach is the Australian giant burrowing cockroach Macropanesthia rhinoceros, which can reach 8 centimetres (3 in) in length and weigh up to 35 grams (1.2 oz).
- Cockroaches: Identification, Signs and Control of RoachesCockroaches are a flat bug with a leathery shield-like back. Their colors vary by species, ranging from a reddish-brown to a brownish-black. The average roach is about two inches long, with a body featuring a small head, two long antennas, six legs, two wings, and a hardened exterior. Depending on the weather, cockroaches can grow bigger ...
- Blattodea - WikipediaBlattodea. Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites. [1] Formerly, termites were considered a separate order, Isoptera, but genetic and molecular evidence suggests they evolved from within the cockroach lineage, cladistically making them cockroaches as well. [2] The Blattodea and the mantis (order Mantodea) are ...
- Cockroach | Definition, Description, Pests, Taxonomy, Facts ...Brown-banded cockroach (Supella longipalpa) is a pest species in many places. The brown-banded cockroach ( Supella longipalpa) resembles the German cockroach but is slightly smaller. The male has fully developed wings and is lighter in color than the female, whose wings are short and nonfunctional.
- cockroach summary | Britannicacockroach, or roach, Any of more than 3,500 insect species (in suborder Blattaria, order Dictyoptera) that are among the most primitive living, winged insects and among the oldest (more than 320 million years old) fossil insects. Cockroaches have a flattened, oval body; long, threadlike antennae; and a shining, leathery, black or brown covering ...
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