COCKROACH Flashcards
COCKROACHES BELONG WITH THE PHYLUM
ARTHROPODA
COCKROACHES BELONG WITH THE CLASS
INSECTA
COCKROACHES BELONG WITH THE SUB-CLASS
PTERYGOTA
COCKROACHES RANGE FROM SIZE __________________TO______________________
1/4 INCHES TO 3 INCHES (O.6 CM TO 7.6 CM)
COCKROACHES ARE ________________ AND HIDE IN NARROW CREEKS AND CREVICES.
NOCTURNAL
COCKROACHES ARE _________________AND RARELY FLY.
CURSORIAL
COCKROACHES ARE ___________________AND______________
OMNIVOROUS AND SCAVENGERS
ADULT COCKROACH IS ABOUT _________TO________IN LENGTH.
34 TO 53 mm
FEMALE COCKROACHES ARE SLIGHTLY _______________THAN MALES.
SMALLER
THE WINGS EXTEND SLIGHTLY BEHIND THE ABDOMEN IN _______________________.(MALE OF FEMALE)
MALE
THE BODY OF COCKROACH IS _______________,_______________,_________________.
ELONGATED ,ELLIPTICAL AND DORSOVENTRALLY FLATTENED.
THE BODY OF COCKROACH IS ____________________IN COLOR EXCEPT FOR A PLANE BROWN TO YELLOWISH BAND ALONG THE_________________________.
REDDISH-BROWN
PRONOTUM
THE ENTIRE BODY OF COCKROACH IS COVERED BY A ___________ AND ____________._______________EXOSKELETON.
HARD
BROWN
CHITINOUS EXOSKELETON
IN EACH SEGMENT THE EXOSKELETON HAS HARDENED PLATES CALLED ________________________.
SCLERITES
EACH BODY SEGMENT OF COCKROACH HAS _____NO OF SCLERITES AND THEY ARE :
4 NUMBER
DORSAL TERGUM(TERGITE)
VENTRAL STERNUM(STERNITE)
LATERAL PLEURA(PLEURITES)