Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
The Madagascar hissing cockroaches is characterized as an insect because it has two antennas, six legs, a head, thorax, and antenna. During the observation, my cup had two cockroaches with completely distinctive sizes. Both unlike other roaches, they did not have wings and they made a hissing sound. They both were able to hang onto the cup or its lid even if it was turned upside down or moved around. They both had three legs on each side (totally 6 legs in all), which had a hairy/fuzzy or even spikey look. The largest measured about 5cm with antennas about 2 cm long. This one seemed to be fully grown adult cockroach. Its antennas went side ways, were extremely thin but were quick when it moved. Its skin or shell was a mixture of black on top that transitioned into a light brown from its antenna to the bottom. It had a shiny appearance and was oval shaped. During the observation, I was able to hear the roach hiss when the professor picked it up to show the class. It was not a loud hiss but loud enough to be heard. The smallest insect was about 1.3cm and could not get an …show more content…
As I observed this small animal, I noticed it had a harder outside layer and it rolled up into a small ball similar to an armadillo. I decided to google, “armadillo look alike bug” and was able to discover that it was called woodlouse. It was extremely small and because of its fast speed, it was a bit hard to measure or count the amount of legs. From just looking at it, I would say that it was approximately 1cm long. It was a brownish or greyish color with a hard outer shell. It had two antennas and even though it was difficult to count its legs because it moved fast, I was able to count 14 legs. At times, this animal rolled up into an extremely tiny ball. During the observation, I noticed that it would curl up when it felt my finger closer to it or when it fell over on its