. Elementary entomology . Fig. 92. The oriental roach {Periplaneta orientalis). (Natural size) a, female : b^ male ; side view of female ; d^ half-grown nymph. (After Marlatt, United States Department o'f Agriculture) often do serious damage by gnawing the bindings of books, eating off wall paper, etc. Our common native species are larger, almost black, and live under stones and logs ; they are of no economic importance. The body of a roach is flattened, due to its habit of living in narrow cracks and similar out-of-the-way places, and the legs are long and enable it to run with remarkable swi
. Elementary entomology . Fig. 92. The oriental roach {Periplaneta orientalis). (Natural size) a, female : b^ male ; side view of female ; d^ half-grown nymph. (After Marlatt, United States Department o'f Agriculture) often do serious damage by gnawing the bindings of books, eating off wall paper, etc. Our common native species are larger, almost black, and live under stones and logs ; they are of no economic importance. The body of a roach is flattened, due to its habit of living in narrow cracks and similar out-of-the-way places, and the legs are long and enable it to run with remarkable swiftness for so awkward- looking an insect. About two dozen eggs are laid together in a single pod-shaped mass, which is covered with a brown cement, making it look much like a large bean, and is left lying in a crack or quite exposed.
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