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Posted on May 27, 2010 - by admin

Giant Burrowing Cockroach

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This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Australian Invertebrates


Macropanesthia rhinoceros or the Giant Burrowing Cockroach

These north-Queensland natives are the biggest cockroaches in the world! These insects really are giants (compared to other cockroaches), growing up to 80,000 micrometres (that’s 8 centimetres) and weighing up to 35,000,000,000 nanograms (about 35 grams). Like a lot of cockroaches, the female Giant Burrowing Cockroach gives birth to up to 30 live young. The babies will stay in the burrow with their mum until they’re old enough to venture out on their own. Being burrowers, these cockroaches have lost the need for flight and so they do not have wings. (more…)