Common Name: Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Scientific Name: Gromphadorhina portentosa
SCIENTIFC Names are divided into Genus and Species The Genus for the MADAGASCAR HISSING COCK ROACH IS Gromphadorhina! Shout it out ! Can you guess the species ??
MADAGASCAR
The 4th largest island on earth!
Over 90% of animals on Madagascar do not exist anywhere else!
Was part of Africa until it broke off 160 million years ago!
Nearly half of the land of Madagascar is covered with forest!
(They eat where they Live! Imagine eating your own house!)
WHERE DO THEY LIVE?
Madagascar hissing Cockroaches are from Madagascar!
WHAT TYPE OF HABITAT DO THEY LIVE IN?
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches live in the forest of Madagascar in dead leaf litter and rotting Trees!
HOW BIG DO THEY GROW?
They reach 2-3 inches long at maturity!
HOW DO THEY HISS?
They hiss through tiny holes on the side of their bodies called spiracles.
Listen to them hiss!
LEARNING THE LINGO
Learn Malagasy! The Word for cockroach in Malagasy is BIBILIKEY! Shout it out!
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