Focusing the Spotlight to Cockroaches

If you often at home and is tasked to do most of the cleaning, you might have been annoyed by some tiny creatures that you see more often than you clean. I am referring to cockroaches. Along with the termite treatment in Florida are also treatments to eliminate these pests.

But why does it seem like they are immortals? And aside from being pests, do they have other roles in the community. Here are some facts that you should know so as not to wonder about their survival and what is the sense of having them in the society. Cockroaches, though in the form of different species, have been with us since mankind has started. In fact, they came first.

Not all cockroaches are pests. Some are kept and cultured for certain purposes. Depending on their species, these insects are considered harmful to our health. The way they survive predators and harsh environmental condition are a key why they still exist.

Survival of the Fittest. Of all insects, cockroaches can be considered as the most adaptive insects in the whole kingdom. Females are able to reproduce without having sexual intercourse with the opposite sex. Some can stay pregnant for the rest of their life after having mated with a male once. They lay an egg in the form of a capsule containing around 40 offspring, thus giving birth to around 300 new cockroaches in their lifetime. These insects can live up to one week even without head. They can stay alive for almost a month without food or two weeks without water. And in case that there will be a nuclear explosion, most of them will remain unharmed by radiation. Amazing, is it not?

Weird but True. Though we have been used to subjecting cockroaches to pest control here in Florida, you should not neglect how some of these insects play important roles in different fields, including medicine and culture. They thrive in all conditions and live in the deserts as well as the Arctic. In some places, crushed cockroaches when applied to a wound can help ease the sting. In Cambodia, Fried Cockroaches are common snacks, as are spiders and rats. Some people would eat these insects believing that they can be cure for asthma.

Roaches exists everywhere – clean or unclean. Like all other creatures known to man, they need basic needs to survive and wherever the supply is available, cockroaches would thrive.