Cockroaches are one of the most hated pests in the whole world. They creep under your bed, your closet, your food, and practically anywhere in your house! We hate them don’t we? But these buggers were there for around 300 million years! All these years, and yet they are not extinct! Now here read some of the most amazing facts about Cockroaches!
- From around 4500 species only 30 species of cockroaches are associated with human habitations.
- The best known pest species are American cockroaches!
- The word cockroach came from Spanish word cucaracha, “chafer”, “beetle”, from cuca, “kind of caterpillar.”
- 354–295 million years old cockroach like fossils have been found!
- Cockroaches are one of the oldest group of insects which survived over millions of years without being extinct!
- The Asian Cockroach is attracted to light, while almost all others will try to hide away from light!
- The world’s heaviest cockroach is the Australian giant burrowing cockroach. They can reach 9 centimetres in length and weigh more than 30 grams.
- Cockroaches have 4 wings, of which 2 act as a protective measure!
- Cockroaches are not dependent on the mouth and windpipe to breathe.
- Some species of cockroaches can reproduce even without a male! (parthenogenetic)
- Cockroaches can go without air for 45 minutes!
- Some species are capable of remaining active for a month without food and are able to survive on limited resources like the glue from the back of postage stamps!
- There are chances that cockroaches can survive a nuclear war as they can handle almost 15 times dose need to kill a human!
- Some human can be allergic to cockroaches!
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