Five Disgusting Facts about Cockroaches

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Cockroaches are disgusting to most people, even if they don’t know anything about them. However, there are some facts about these common household pests that will make your skin crawl. Here are the top five most revolting cockroach facts.

1. Cockroaches can breathe without using their mouth.
These pests, like all insects, breathe through tracheae, which are tubes linked to the insect’s spiracles. The spiracle is a tiny holes on the cockroach’s body on both sides. Because these spiracles are separate from the mouth and windpipe, the cockroach can breathe without them.

2. Cockroaches, among other things, can worsen asthma.
This is an important reason to use cockroach pest control measures. Cockroaches can carry 33 different bacteria, six different parasitic worms, and seven different diseases. They can also trigger other allergic reactions, such as hives.

3. Throughout history tea has been made from cockroaches.
Cockroaches are revered in various cultures for their nutritional benefits. Ground or boiled cockroaches were used as a medicinal remedy by the Greeks and Egyptians, and boiled cockroach tea was utilized as a medicinal medicine by various tribes.

4. Cockroaches eat a variety of foods. Cockroaches that dwell near humans prefer starchy foods (such as cereals) as well as sweet foods. Beer, cheese, wallpaper, and postage stamps, among other things, are all edible to them. Cockroaches can also consume pet fur. They are attracted to foods that are heavy in protein or wet. The American cockroach has been observed feeding on sleeping children’s toenails, hair, eyebrows and even eyelashes.

5. Killing a cockroach infestation on your own is nearly impossible.
Cockroaches may survive for up to 45 minutes without air and they can go more than a month without eating. Also roaches can live for up to a week without its head.

And one bonus fact… Every year hundreds of people visit emergency rooms in the dead of night because they wake up with a roach in their ear. 

At Envirowise Pest Solutions, we have the right treatments to take care of the infestation so you can get back to living pest free.