A female oriental cockroach, left,
and a female Turkestan cockroach. (Photo: Mark VanderWerp)
Markings make the difference
The Turkestan cockroach (Blatta lateralis, pictured above) usually is found outdoors. It often is reared and sold as food for pets, such as lizards, that eat insects. Females may be confused with the oriental cockroach (B. orientalis) but have cream-colored markings along the edges behind the head and around the short, rounded wings. Males may look similar to the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) but are smaller and have yellowish-beige wings with cream-colored stripes along the edges.
Editor’s Note: Questions for this month’s test were contributed by Judy Black, BCE; Doug Foster; Mark Sheperdigian, BCE; and Desiree Straubinger, BCE. Want to know how you did? The answers are listed
below.
Answers to September Tech Test
1. b, 2. True, 3. c, 4. True, 5. a, 6. b, 7. d, 8. a, 9. False, 10. c
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