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Cockroaches

Survivors. 320 million years and counting.

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A Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) on a hand, showing the glossy mahogany body and pronotum bumps.
Curious
Six Legs72
Alias
Gromphadorhina portentosa

Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

Hisses by exhaling — not by rubbing. One of the only insects with a real voice.

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An American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), large reddish-brown body with yellow pronotum margins.
Outlaw
Six Legs80
Alias
Periplaneta americana

American Cockroach

Runs 530 km/h scaled to human size. Survives a week without its head. NASA studies it.

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A German cockroach (Blattella germanica), small tan body with two distinctive dark stripes on the pronotum.
Outlaw
Six Legs79
Alias
Blattella germanica

German Cockroach

World's most damaging cockroach. Now resistant to every major pesticide class simultaneously.

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A giant burrowing cockroach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros), large glossy dark mahogany cockroach with thick rounded body, six legs, dorsal view.
Curious
Six Legs78
Alias
Macropanesthia rhinoceros

Giant Burrowing Cockroach (Rhinoceros Cockroach)

Heaviest cockroach on Earth. 35 grams. Lives in 1m underground burrows. 10+ year lifespan.

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