6+1 interesting facts about cockroaches
Cockroaches might be the most misunderstood and despised creatures to ever walk the Earth. But if we take a closer look, it turns out there are so many cool things about them. Let me share a few fun cockroach facts, so you can see for yourself! Giant burrowing cockroach 1. Some cockroach mothers care. A lot. Many cockroach species are considered social, meaning individuals prefer the company of one another, so it is not uncommon to find parents and their offspring grouped together. Giant burrowing roach (Macropanesthia rhinoceros) mothers take this a step further: the female digs an undergorund burrow where she lives with her offspring for the first few months of their lives. During this time the mother (and sometimes even the father) makes frequent trips to the forest to collect dead leaves which she drags back to the burrow to feed the babies. But some mothers keep their young even closer: a porcelain roach (Thorax porc...
