Can Cockroach Eat Money?

Cockroaches are able to eat paper, cardboard, and thin plastic. It is important to keep cereal, crackers, and other food out of their reach. It is also important to keep food in tightly sealed glass or plastic containers. Kids often leave crumbs around the home, and these will attract cockroaches. It is important for parents to encourage kids to eat in the kitchen, where crumbs are easily cleaned up.

Cockroaches are attracted to food that contains sugar. Some roaches have evolved to be sensitive to sugar, but they will happily eat most other food items. They can also gnaw through plastic wrappers and grocery bags. In addition, they can eat decaying fruit.

Roaches can also feed on the fabric of your clothes. Whether they gnaw on your clothes or eat your money, roaches are attracted to moist spaces. Cockroaches are known to feed on shredded or wet paper. They are also attracted to the residue from soaps and paper tissues. Toilet paper is also a favorite of roaches. In addition to paper and cardboard, roaches are attracted to dirt, dead insects, and pet droppings.

Cockroaches are known to have six legs. Their legs allow them to cover distance equal to 50 body lengths in one second. If a human was able to run at that speed, they would run 200 miles per hour!