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Hemimetabolous and their bodies are flattened measure of the order of 3 to 65 mm. Their antennae are filiform their compound eyes are small, long, spiny legs, and chewing mouth parts. Their hind wings are protected by the above that are sclerotic. Although some species of cockroaches are viviparous, usually, the female laying eggs carried externally in an apothecary oblongata.

Cockroaches usually live in soil and are found anywhere in the world. Besides staying in different habitats, these insects are feeding varied. Although generally be defined as the carnivorous, are not picky about their food: anything edible chew encountered.

They live in damp, warm and dark: under rocks, fallen trees, among the leaves etc. Some anthropological species are colonizing and proliferating within human constructions, which are the ideal conditions for their development. While causing revulsion in a portion of the population, are harmless.

Cockroaches are known for their endurance. A cockroach that you are cutting the head can survive about nine days, finally dying from starvation. Furthermore, it is able to withstand high doses of radioactivity; these insects survived the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Cockroaches have changed little in their evolutionary history, for about two hundred million years. Extinct species are known, such as Periplaneta red, of which we are aware of specimens trapped in amber.

The common cockroach is also known as black or Oriental cockroach and grows to 3.5 cm long. The male has short wings and does not fly, the female is wingless. It feeds on a variety of food and leaves no noticeable smell.