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Cockroach Facts

• Cockroaches have been around since the time of dinosaurs!
• A cockroach can live almost a month without food.
• A cockroach can live about two weeks without water.
• Some female cockroaches only mate once and stay pregnant for life!
• A cockroach can live for up to one week without its head!
• Cockroaches can hold their breath for up to 40 minutes! Cockroaches can run up to 3 miles an hour.

Types of Cockroaches

• American CockroachRead More
• Brown-Banned CockroachRead More
• German CockroachRead More
• Oriental CockroachRead More

A silverfish is a small, wingless insect in the order Zygentoma. Its common name derives from the animal's silvery light grey color, combined with the fish-like appearance of its movements. However, the scientific name, indicates the silverfish's diet consists of carbohydrates such as sugar or starches

Biological Description

• Phylum:  Arthropoda
• Scientific Name:   Lepisma saccharina
• Order:  Zygentoma
• Class:  Insecta
• Subphylum:  Hexapoda
• Did you know:  After hatching, it takes juvenile silverfish around four months to reach adulthood.

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicate and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants

Biological Description

• Scientific Name:   Formicidae
• Higher classification:  Vespoidea
• Phylum:  Arthropoda
• Lifespan:   Black garden ant: 15 years, Pharaoh ant: 4 – 12 months
• Length:   Black garden ant: 0.5 – 0.7 cm, Carpenter ant: 0.64 – 2.5 cm, Pharaoh ant: 0.2 cm
• Did you know:  Nothomyrmecia has been referred to as the 'least sociable' of all ants.