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Practice AP EAMCET Periplaneta americana (Cockroach) in the app →Which cockroach is the largest species routinely found in homes?Which of these is a common name for Periplaneta americana?How many times does the nymph of P. americana most often moult before becoming adult?Which body region has a yellowish margin in the American cockroach?A record running speed of P. americana was measured at aboutWhich sequence shows the developmental stages of the American cockroach?On average, how many oothecae does a female American cockroach produce?What is the shape of the egg case of P. americana?How long after the egg case is formed do nymphs emerge from it?Newly hatched American cockroach nymphs need how long to mature?After the ootheca forms, it is placed on a surface after aboutDuring her adult life a female produces an average of how many young?From what material was periplanone-B originally isolated?Which process produces eggs by parthenogenesis in P. americana?Compared with sexually produced eggs, parthenogenetic eggs of P. americana haveWhich insect has a larger sequenced genome than the American cockroach?The genome codes for 154 olfactory receptors and how many taste receptors?Which stage of the American cockroach can fly short distances?At about which temperature does the American cockroach prefer to live?Which bacterium carried on cockroach legs can cause food poisoning?House dust containing cockroach faeces can trigger which condition?Which is the world's heaviest cockroach species?The body of a cockroach has how many abdominal segments?What coats the exoskeleton of a cockroach to repel water?To which thoracic segments are the cockroach wings attached?What is the tough first pair of cockroach wings called?Which wings of a cockroach are used in flight?Which pair of legs gives the main propulsive power when a cockroach runs?What type of mouthparts does a cockroach have?The cerci and anal styles are borne on which part of the body?Which structure stores sperm in a female cockroach?Through what openings does air enter the tracheae of a cockroach?What are the finest branches of the insect tracheal system called?What causes the spiracle valves to open?Gut symbionts of many cockroaches help in digesting which substance?Which endosymbiont bacterium is carried by almost all cockroach species studied?Cryptocercus cockroaches have gut symbionts similar to those of which insects?A German cockroach ootheca holds about how many eggs?Which cockroach genus is fully viviparous?How long can some aquatic cockroaches stay submerged?Why might many cockroaches be unaffected by an acute burst of radiation?Which genus lives with leaf-cutter ants and includes some of the smallest cockroaches?The American cockroach is native to which region of the world?Which compound is the sex pheromone of the American cockroach?The feeding habit of Periplaneta americana is best described as:When frightened, adult American cockroaches more commonly escape by:In an experiment, what record running speed did P. americana reach?Which common household cockroach has the largest body size?Dust containing cockroach feces and body parts can trigger:The species reached the present-day United States from Africa as early as:After how long do nymphs emerge from the egg cases?The compound eye of the cockroach provides which kind of vision?American cockroach nymphs are able to regenerate which structure?During which part of the day is P. americana mostly active?