giant cockroach
Massive scuttling insect
A giant cockroach is any of several unusually large cockroach species, some reaching several inches in length.
The term often refers to the Madagascar hissing cockroach, popular in exotic pet keeping and science education.
Giant cockroach also describes the oversized roaches of horror films and nightmares—the ordinary pest scaled up to terrifying proportions: I dreamed a giant cockroach was chasing me through the house.
- insectSix-legged invertebrate
- pestHarmful creature or nag
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
scuttle · creepy · creepy crawly · Madagascar · hissing · crawl · swarm · infestation · crunch · shell · legs · vermin · tropical · prehistoric · resilient · survivor · pest control · kitchen
- large insectsrhinoceros beetle, elephant beetle, atlas moth, stag beetle, luna moth
- giant arthropodssea scorpion, king crab
- tropical insectsleafcutter ant, bullet ant, army ant, atlas moth, leaf insect
- cockroaches
- Dictyopteransmantis, termite, praying mantis, mantid, termite queen
- Paleozoic fossilstrilobite, brachiopod, blastoid, bryozoan, nautiloid
giant cockroachbutterfly
Winged insect from caterpillar
ladybug · firefly · honeybee · dragonfly · monarch butterfly
giant cockroachhoneybee
Nectar-gathering social insect
beneficial insect · pollinator · silkworm · ladybug · earthworm
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