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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Cockroach, Cultural references to cockroaches, Madagascar hissing cockroach, Depopulation of cockroaches in the ex-USSR countries, American cockroach, German cockroach, Blaptica dubia, Giant cockroach, Oriental cockroach, Pennsylvania wood cockroach, Panchlora, Blattella asahinai, Australian cockroach, Drymaplaneta semivitta, List of Orthoptera and allied insects of Great Britain, Discoid cockroach, Blaberus, Brown-banded cockroach, Cryptocercus, Florida woods cockroach, Giant burrowing cockroach, Sociala, Death's head cockroach, Surinam cockroach, Smokybrown cockroach, Panchlora nivea, Desert cockroach, Aphthoroblattina, Blattellaquinone, Aptera fusca, Blattidae, Therea, Blaberus giganteus, Common shining cockroach, Laxta granicollis, Arenivaga, Blattellidae, Periplaneta aboriginea, Polyzosteria limbata, Arenivaga floridensis, Cockroach racing, Cryptocercus garciai, Polyphagidae, Temnopteryx, Protelytroptera, Parcoblatta fulvescens, Diploptera, Nocticolidae, Parcoblatta virginica, Holocompsa, Euthyrrhapha, Eremoblatta, Compsodes. Excerpt: Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria or Blattodea, of which about 30 species out of 4500 total are associated with human habitations. About four species are well known as pests. Among the best-known pest species are the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, which is about 30 millimetres (1.2 in) long, the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long, the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai, also about 15 millimetres (0.59 in) in length, and the Oriental cockroach, Blatta orientalis, about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). Tropical cockroaches are often much bigger, and extinct cockroach relatives and 'roachoids' such as the Carboniferous Archimylacris and the Permian Apthoroblattina were not as large as the biggest modern species. The name cock...
