TREME INSETS Roaches BY S L HAMILTON An imprint of Abdo Publishing com Visit us at www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing Company a division of ABD0 P0 Box 398166 Minneapolis MN 55439 Copyright ©2015 by Abdo consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher A D Xtreme is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Company Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 102014 012015 ET PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Editor John Hamilton Graphic Design Sue Hamilton Cover Design Sue Hamilton Cover Photo National Geographic Interior Photos Alamy pg 7 inset AP pgs 26 27 Corbis pgs 12 13 17 inset iStock pgs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 25 inset 29 30 31 32 Judith Mulhuijsen pg 28 National Geographic pg 9 inset Science Source pgs 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Special thanks to Martyn Robinson Naturalist at the Australian Museum Websites To learn more about Xtreme Insects visit booklinks abdopublishing com These links are routinely monitored and updated to provide the most current information available Library of Congress Control Number 2014944885 Cataloging in Publication Data Hamilton S L Roaches S L Hamilton p cm Xtreme insects ISBN 978 1 62403 691 0 lib bdg Includes index 1 Cockroaches Juvenile literature I Title 595 7 28 dc23 2014944885 Contents Roaches 4 Body Parts 6 Domestic Roaches German Cockroach 8 Brown Banded Cockroach 10 Peridomestic Roaches American Cockroach 12 Florida Woods Cockroach 14 Death's Head Cockroach 16 Green Cockroach 18 Feral Roaches Sun Tiger Cockroach 20 Rhinoceros Cockroach 22 Madagascar Hissing Cockroach 24 Roaches in Medicine 26 Can You Eat Them 28 Glossary 30 Index 32 
