1. Cockroaches

Did u know ?

       A cockroach can live for up to one week without his head.

             

           A cockroach can live almost a month without food.

         A cockroach can live about two weeks without water.

There are 3 main species of cockroaches which is well known as pest :

• German cockroach
• American cockroach
• Oriental cockroach

Cockroaches Life-Cycle

Actually there are three stages of cockroach developmental.Known as :

•  the egg
•  the nymph 
•   and the adult

1. The lifecycle of cockroach starts in an egg that is put into 40 eggs at a time.
2. It carries the case around with them until the eggs are ready to hatch.
3. Lifecycle of cockroach gets more exciting when the eggs hatch.
4. the young cockroaches are very small and known as nymphs.
5. body of the nymphs will be quite soft and white.
6. When molting process is completed the cockroach will get bigger, change in color, and look more like an adult cockroach.  
7. When the cockroach reaches its adult size it will not molt again. 
8. Many types of cockroaches will complete their transformation into adulthood with a pair of wings.Young adults may look almost exactly like a nymph, with the wings being the one characteristic that easily sets the two apart.

LIFE CYCLE

AMERICAN COCKROACH

• It is the biggest of the common cockroaches that you will find in your home.
• they are reddish brown in color and they have a yellow band.

Diet
** American roach will eat just about anything, including plants or other insects.


Habitat

• These cockroaches prefer to live near warm , dark, wet areas.
• Although they are found in houses,they are also common in restaurants, grocery, and etc.

Impact

• They crawl through dirty areas and bring lots of bacteria and germs.
• They can contaminate food by shedding their skin.
• It causes allergic, asthma and other illness.

             

GERMAN COCKROACH

• It can found all over the place.
• Each German cockroach can live about 100-200 days.

Diet

** Cockroaches are attracted to sweet and floury foods. They also eat non-organic items such as toothpaste and books.


Habitat

• live in warm and damp places.
• such as: kitchen, bathrooms, and etc.

Impact

• They crawl through dirty areas and bring lots of bacteria and germs.
• They can contaminate food by shedding their skin.
• It causes allergic, asthma and other illness.

ORIENTED COCKROACH

• They are large and very dark compared to other cockroaches.
• They prefer dirty places and cooler temperatures than other cockroaches.

Diet

** feed on all types of garbage and other organic material.


Habitat

Oriental cockroaches also live in sewers and wet, decaying areas

Such as:basements and crawlspaces, firewood and piles of leaves.


Impact

• They crawl through dirty areas and bring lots of bacteria and germs.
• They can contaminate food by shedding their skin.
• It causes allergic, asthma and other illness.

How to get rid of Cockroaches

• Find the infestation.
• Eliminate Harbourage.
• Eliminate food and water source.
• Cockroach treatment.

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**(Cockroaches laying egg and hatching)**

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