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Cockroaches (or roaches [1] [2] [3] ... sexual pheromones, spatial orientation, ... Some parasites and predators are effective for biological control of cockroaches.
The sex pheromone of the American cockroach is the sequiterpene (1Z,5E)-1,10(14)-diepoxy-4(15),5-germacradien-9-one, which has been given the trivial name periplanone-B. This pheromone was isolated from the feces of virgin female cockroaches.
The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), colloquially known as the croton bug, is a species of small cockroach, typically about 1.1 to 1.6 cm (0.43 to 0.63 in) [ 1 ][ 2 ] long. In color it varies from tan to almost black, and it has two dark, roughly parallel, streaks on the pronotum running anteroposteriorly from behind the head to the base ...
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 now all ...
Sexual cannibalism is when an animal, usually the female, cannibalizes its mate prior to, during, or after copulation. [1] It is a trait observed in many arachnid orders, several insect and crustacean clades, [2] gastropods, and some snake species. Several hypotheses to explain this seemingly paradoxical behavior have been proposed.
The Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), also known as the hissing cockroach or simply hisser, is one of the largest species of cockroach, reaching 5 to 7.5 centimetres (2 to 3 inches) at maturity. They are native to the island of Madagascar, which is off the African mainland, where they are commonly found in rotting logs.
The Turkestan cockroach, Periplaneta lateralis (also known by its synonyms Shelfordella lateralis and Blatta lateralis), [3] also known as the rusty red cockroach, [4] red runner cockroach[5] or simply rusty red, red runner, [5] or lat, is a primarily outdoor-dwelling cockroach native to an area from northern Africa to Central Asia. [6][7 ...
Description. Blaberus giganteus is considered one of the largest cockroaches in the world, with males reaching lengths of up to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and females 10 cm (3.9 in), [2] although others list 9 cm (3.5 in) as the maximum length. [3] These cockroaches are lightly built with flattened bodies, allowing them to hide in cracks from predators.