artbytes26
Wow! January was over before I knew it. I hate to admit it, I got out of focus in the first month of 2020. I had taken lots of photos in January that I wanted to upload here and on the other sites, but I wasn’t just so active online in January.
Suffice to say, I got a lot to share with you.
To start with, let me share with you a photo of one of the misunderstood critter in the world… roaches. Well, I still hate the kind that crawls in the dark corners in the houses. But the one I’m holding in my hand… or rather the one holding on to my hand is a Madagascar Cockroach. A pet of one of my students.
Madagascar Cockroach or Madagascar hissing cockroach is known to be one of the largest species of cockroaches. The one on my hand is about a couple of inches long. It’s been said that this species of cockroach could grow up to three inches long.
It does not feel as creepy as the common cockroach. It felt like I was holding a beetle.
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Are you familiar with the Madagascar Cockroach?
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Would you hold a Madagascar cockroach in your hand?
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Did you know that a Madagascar hissing cockroach is wingless?
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I have never heard of it. It sounds more of a non-cockroach that a cockroach. I might hold this one.
It belongs to the cockroach family. However, they are wingless and not as grossly as their common household cousins.
That is good news. Because when I see a common cockroach my common sense is to kill it.
The photo is great and he is rather cute but I would not want to hold him, I have my own problems here with large flying cockroaches
Well… I don’t like the flying ones too. Especially the common cockroaches.
This one, however, has no wings. 😉
Great photo but I would not want to hold this one!
Thanks.
Maybe ten or twenty years ago I would not dare touch this one. But lately, I have come to appreciate the bugs more and more.
Don’t get me.wrong… I would still swat a common cockroach with my slippers when I see one. Hehe
it is amazing what lives in the world around us! I’ve seen and held this wonderful creature. They are amazing!
I agree. Unlike the common cockroach, the Madagascar cockroaches are quite gentle. I think they would make great pets
I suppose that you are the one who knows that this creature is wingless. ;).
i did, I have held one!
I would not be comfortable handling a cockroach.
Well, I would never hold a common cockroach like the way I hold this one. But I find this Madagascar hisser is quite gentle.