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Common household cockroaches A) German cockroach B) American cockroach C) Australian cockroach D&E) Oriental cockroach (♀ & ♂) Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: Animalia: Phylum: Arthropoda: Class: Insecta: Superorder: Dictyoptera: Order: Blattodea: Families Anaplectidae Blaberidae Blattidae Corydiidae Cryptocercidae ...
Immature cockroaches emerge from egg cases in 6–8 weeks and require 6–12 months to mature. After hatching, the nymphs feed and undergo a series of 13 moultings (or ecdysis). Adult cockroaches can live up to an additional year, during which females produce an average of 150 young. The American cockroach reproductive cycle can last up to 600 ...
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 of ...
The oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis), also known as the waterbug (as they live in damp areas) or black cockroach (as their bodies are mostly dark), [1] is a large species of cockroach, adult males being 18–29 mm (23 ⁄ 32 – 1 + 5 ⁄ 32 in) and adult females being 20–27 mm (25 ⁄ 32 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 16 in). [2]
The Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana) is a large cockroach species which typically grows to a length of 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in). [2] When alarmed, adults can eject an extremely foul-smelling directional spray up to one metre (3.3 ft), [3] which inspired several of its other common names: Florida skunk roach, Florida stinkroach, skunk cockroach, skunk roach, stinking cockroach ...
Dubia cockroaches: Adult Male, Adult Female, and Juvenile. Blaptica dubia , the dubia roach , orange-spotted roach , [ 2 ] Guyana spotted roach , [ 3 ] or Argentinian wood roach , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] is a medium-sized species of cockroach which grows to around 40–45 mm (1.6–1.8 in).
Corydiidae, previously known as Polyphagidae, [2] is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). Many are known as sand cockroaches. The family is divided into five subfamilies, comprising some 40 genera. [3] [4] One prominent species is the desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata.
Corydidarum magnifica, [3] also known as Pseudoglomeris magnifica and the emerald cockroach, [citation needed] is a species of cockroach native to Vietnam and southern China, typically found under leaf litter or on tree bark.