Cockroaches can survive for a week without a head as long as their mouth remains intact. They are able to live in very small cracks, with baby cockroaches fitting in cracks the width of a dime and adults in cracks the width of a quarter. Cockroaches are omnivorous but can survive a month without food, and have a 3-4 month life cycle from egg to adult over the course of about a year.
2. Headless Cockroaches
• Without a head a
cockroach can survive a
whole week!
• They can only die if they
don’t have an operating
mouth.
3. Where They Can Live
• Baby cockroaches can live in a
tiny little crack in the wall the
width of a dime!
• Adult cockroaches can live in a
crack the width of a quarter.
• Pregnant cockroaches can live
in a crack the size of two
4. • What They Eat
• They eat anything because
they are omnivorous
• Cockroaches can survive
one whole month without
food
5. Color And Size
• They have 3 body parts: they are the
head, the thorax, and the abdomen
• They are brown
• They have 2 pairs of wings
• They have big eyes
• They have a small head
6. Life Cycle
• From egg to adult takes 3-4 months
• They live up to 1 year
• female produces 8 egg cases in her lifetime
• She can produce 300-400 babies in her
lifetime
