Cockroaches: A Brief Introduction
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This book explores the traits and characteristics of cockroaches, as well as natural (and traditional) methods for exterminating these common pests.
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Cockroaches - Larry Slawson
COCKROACHES: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
LARRY SLAWSON
JULY 2019
INTRODUCTION
Common Name: Cockroach
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Blattodea
Families: Blaberidae; Blattidae; Corydiidae; Cryptocercidae; Ectobiidae; Lamproblattidae; Nocticolidae; Tryonicidae
Common Household Cockroaches: German Cockroach; American Cockroach; Australian Cockroach; Oriental Cockroach
The cockroach is a species of insects belonging to the order Blattodea, which includes termites. There are approximately 4,600 types of cockroach known to currently exist in the world, with about thirty of these residing near (or in) human dwellings. Of these, four are considered pests. The word cockroach
is derived from the Spanish word cucaracha.
Its Latin (scientific) name, on the other hand, derives from the word Blatta,
which refers to an insect that shuns the light.
Cockroaches are classified as living fossils
by the scientific community, as they are believed to have been around since the Carboniferous period, approximately 320 million years ago. Early roaches differed in some ways from modern cockroaches, however, as the ancient species is believed to have lacked internal ovipositors. Fossilized remains of ancient roaches also indicates that the species may have lacked hind wings in its early years.