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- A cockroach is an insect.
- There are many species of cockroaches.
- The most common is the one that lives in warm areas, like the shelves of our house and offices.
- A cockroach has a flat body that is black or brown in color.
- They have long legs.
- There are three pairs of legs on cockroaches.
- Some of the cockroaches have wings as well.
- The body has a hard outer covering called the exoskeleton to protect the soft body parts.
- They also have two antennae to sense their surroundings.
- Cockroaches eat rotten food, paper, clothes, and sometimes dead insects as well.