Crazy for Cockroaches


	Crazy for Cockroaches

michellezm

4-7-2008 3:41 PM

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insects, entomology

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4-7-2008 4:18 PM

Sheroug

*shudders* that's one big cockroach

4-7-2008 8:57 PM

tanyamm

I don't mind bugs as long as they are not in my house.

10-30-2008 10:23 PM

chquah

I can across a really tiny coakroach the adult is only 1.2 to 1.3mm and the newly hatch nymph is about a tenth that size. Adult lays a single semi transparent egg. Flightless wings on mature adult. Escape predators by running or hopping. Caught over 500s. Could well be solitary termites as they look more like workers caste termites. Feeds (in that location) mainly on fungi or molds.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/70ec2872-a9f0-4581-849c-74eebbcde442/C02C9B08-9E29-4B89-A112-CB22FB56B4EB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nhm.ac.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html"><P>They are disgusting pests aren't they? Well there is more to 'roaches than meets the eye.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html"><P>One of the most adaptable creatures, cockroaches exist worldwide, with the exception of the polar regions and in elevations above 2,000 metres.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nhm.ac.uk/img/D99A9E50-55D6-419D-8B89-D1754B1289EC" alt="Smallest and Largest Cockroaches in the world" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html"><H5>Over 4000 species</H5>
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                              <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">the world's <STRONG>smallest</STRONG> cockroach is only 3mm long (see red arrow) and lives in ant nests.</LI>
                              <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">the <STRONG>heaviest</STRONG> cockroach is the huge Australian Rhinoceros Cockroach at 80mm in length (left).</LI>
                              <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">the cockroach with the <STRONG>largest wingspan</STRONG>, of up to 185mm is the <EM>Megaloblatta blaberoides.</EM></LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nhm.ac.uk/img/1F11A5B4-7764-45D2-8BAA-59A8F9948705" alt="A British cockroach" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/get-the-facts/facts/cockroaches/crazy-for-cockroaches.html"><H5>orn and bred</H5>
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