Spotting a cockroach scuttling across your kitchen floor is pretty disgusting, and most of us would instinctively try to stamp on it before it hides somewhere we cannot reach it. It is even more ...

Cockroaches start from an egg, developing into a nymph, which is where all the shedding begins. As they grow and get bigger they molt old exoskeletons so they can wear one that’s bigger and roomier.

"Cockroaches molt their skin as they go from one nymph stage to the next, and there is a huge accumulation of the skin left in the areas where they live," Buczkowski said. "The dead skin becomes ...

No matter how you feel about them, cockroaches are something special. Cut a few legs off a nymph, and they grow back. Leave a few cookie crumbs in the carpet, and the critters seem to instantly ...

Madagascar hissing cockroaches are one of many fascinating animal species to hail from the island of ... inside their bodies. They then bear living young—as many as 60 nymph roaches. 1:13. ...

The moulting process occurs throughout a cockroach's life cycle, which is usually split into three stages: egg, nymph and adult. When the cockroaches are white like this, it usually indicates they ...

There are some points in the cockroach’s lifecycle when they are more vulnerable to getting stamped on. Taking the American cockroach as an example, they have three life stages: the egg, nymph ...