...and adults!

Cockroaches are really quite interesting!

Cockroaches are actually quite helpful!

Cockroaches are very useful scavengers eating decaying vegetation and pretty much anything already decaying. So without cockroaches (and termites and dung beetles) the world would be piled high with trash.

Did you know that only 12 out of the 4,000 species of cockroaches are pests.

They can live without a head for up to 7 days! Cockroaches have various pores on different parts of their bodies through which they breathe so they don’t actually use their mouths to take in oxygen. Their brain does not conduct them so if decapitation occurs, they can go on breathing for days. But they do need to eat and drink, so without their head, there is no mouth for them to feed so they will die from thirst and hunger.

And now cockroaches are being sold as food for humans to snack on. Nope, not for me!

A cockroach can live almost a month without food.
A cockroach can live for up to one week without its head!
A cockroach can live about two weeks without water.
A female cockroach is able to produce eight egg-cases, which allows them to have 300-400 offspring in a lifetime.
Male cockroaches are typically smaller than females.
Cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes!
Cockroaches have been around since the time of dinosaurs!
Some female cockroaches only mate once and stay pregnant for life!
Cockroaches can run up to 3 mph or 4.83 kmh.
There are approximately 4,000 living species of cockroaches in the world.
The giant burrowoing cockroach in Australia can grow more then 3 inches or 7.62 centimetres.
And cockroaches make great pets!