- Cockroaches are quite giant insects which might be distinguished by their size and color.
- They are dark brown or black in color and 20-24mm long with long whip-like antennae.
- The Blattella germanica, typically called the Steam Fly, are brown in color with 2 dark marks on their thorax.
- The adults are 10-15mm long, conjointly with whip-like antennae. Cockroaches is found infesting all sorts of buildings from blocks of flats to industrial premises.
- They are nocturnal and pay the day concealment in cracks and crevices.
- Cockroaches can prey on nearly something starting from excrement to food supposed for human consumption. As a result cockroaches are found to hold diseases inflicting bacterium on their bodies. These bacterium are then transferred onto something the roach touches
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