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
Roaches There are more than 4 500 species of cockroaches These insects have been on Earth for about 350 million years Domestic roaches have evolved so they can only live with humans Peridomestic roaches live outside or adapt to living in buildings Feral roaches live outside in tropical
M XTREME FACT Roaches are incredibly tough Tests have found that some can live for a month without eating Others have survived underwater for as long as 30 minutes Some roaches have lived without air for 45
