Cool cockroaches I've learnt about pt 3
Panchlora nivea (Cuban cockroach)
These super cool looking cockroaches actually only grow up to 24mm (females) or 15mm (males). They are strong fliers and found in Cuba, the Caribbean and along the Gulf Coast. They are also found in subtropical or tropical climates. Both the males and females are this pale green but the nymphs are brown or black. They are often attracted to lights, like the Asian cockroach which is an unusual characteristic as most cockroaches avoid light. Like Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches, they hold their ootheca (egg sack) within their body until the eggs hatch after about 48 days.
Plectoptera picta (Pictured beetle cockroach)
This beautiful cockroach is found in Central and North America. Although it is known as a Pictured Beetle Cockroach, cockroaches are actually more closely related to mantises than they are to beetles. An account from Nickle and Gurney in 1985: "The resemblance is so close that the collector (a coleopterist) of the most recently collected specimen presumed that he had collected a small hydrophilid beetle."
