What Do Cockroaches Turn Into?
WouterCockroaches have a complicated life cycle, starting with the egg and growing up to be a fully-grown adult. This process can take between 40 days and 160 days, depending on the species and the temperature of their environment. When they hatch, they are smaller than the adult form, and they also tend to move faster than adults do.
As well as being a nuisance, cockroaches play an important ecological role. They feed on animal and dead plant waste, which feeds other living things. This keeps the cycle going. If you put a nuclear bomb in a refrigerator, for example, the cockroaches will have less than a 50 percent chance of survival.
In addition to consuming food, cockroaches reproduce through mating. The female will lay eggs in an egg sac called an ootheca, which can contain up to fifty eggs. The eggs are similar to dark grains of rice or dried kidney beans. The egg sacks are usually not carried by the female, but are laid in dark, safe places.
After six to eight weeks, the roaches emerge from their cases. These young are known as nymphs and are white. They will moult over the next year. During this time, the females will reproduce, and each female will produce up to three hundred and fifty babies in a year.
