There are 3 life cycle processes of cockroaches, insects that are highly disliked by humans, Ma
Who doesn’t know this insect that humans really avoid? These insects can be found in homes, especially in bathrooms and trash cans. With the presence of cockroaches, it means that Mama’s home environment is less hygienic.
There are approximately 3,500 species in 6 families of cockroaches and have existed in the world from the time of the Carboniferous period, or about 300-350 million years ago.
Insects that have an oval and flat body shape with a brown color are omnivores that belong to the order Blattodea or also called coro or cockroach. Usually, adult cockroaches have a body size of 5 cm.
Cockroaches have heads hidden under pronotum head with one single eye as well as a pair of compound eyes. It has two pairs of wings on its body, and long antennae.
Even though they have two wings, most cockroaches can’t fly, Mom. The cockroach’s wings can only allow it to glide and flap in a short distance and a short time or called “fall with style” Cockroaches prefer to crawl to get food quickly because they can run up to 1.5 m per second.
The most interesting thing about this tiny insect that humans fear is that it can live without a head for days and hold its breath for 40 minutes! Cool?
However, do you know how the life cycle of insects that spread asthma and allergic reactions is? Because usually, cockroaches often appear when they are adults.
Well, this time Popmama.com will provide a summary of the cockroach life cycle process to increase the knowledge and insight of Mama and Little. The life cycle of cockroaches is usually short and includes incomplete metamorphosis. Listen to the end, Mom!
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1. Eggs (ootheca)
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After 3-7 days of mating female cockroaches, she will produce eggs.
The eggs are capsule-shaped and protected ootheca, box-shaped egg capsules with a size of 8-10 mm.
Every cockroach has a shape ootheca and are often used to identify certain types of cockroach species.
The female cockroach is capable of laying as many as 16 to 40 eggs during her lifetime and each ootheca contains about 15 embryos.
This egg phase will last for 24-38 days depending on environmental conditions and the type of species.
Generally, female cockroaches will carry their eggs at the tip of her stomach in a matter of hours or days, before finding the safest place to lay her eggs.
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2. Nymph phase
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Once the egg hatches, it will develop into a nymph. The size of the nymph depends on the type of cockroach species.
This cockroach nymph will go through a molt (moulting) several times until reaching adulthood. Starting from small cockroaches with a soft body and white color, then progress to larger cockroaches with hardened skin and darker body color.
During the nymph phase, the development of cockroaches will depend on the type of species and environmental conditions.
If the environment is optimal, it will become an adult cockroach after 9 months with 8 skin changes. After the last molt, the wings will appear.
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3. Adult cockroaches
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The cockroach’s life cycle process starts from eggs, then hatches into nymphs with several skin changes, then the nymphs will develop and grow into adult cockroaches.
The last life cycle of a cockroach is the adult cockroach phase.
The wings of the cockroach nymph will strengthen and have antennae, allowing it to fly.
In the initial phase, young cockroaches have a small body size, then they will grow and develop into larger ones. When the cockroach is fully grown, it is ready to reproduce.
The reproduction of cockroaches is highly dependent on temperature and humidity, as well as the quantity and quality of food and water sources available where they live.
The time it takes from a cockroach egg to an adult cockroach will vary between species, from one month to two years.
In addition, the life span of cockroaches also varies. If the environment in which they live is warm, humid, and has access to sufficient food, cockroaches can survive for up to a year.
Those are the 3 processes of the cockroach life cycle from egg, nymph to adult cockroaches. Tell and explain to your little one so that he knows also how the life cycle of this insect that most humans don’t like.
Your little one doesn’t like cockroaches, right, Ma?
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