The Madeira Cockroach is a large tropical cockroach, mottled brown-and-gray, that is occasionally established in heated buildings in North America. It is commonly kept in laboratory settings as a model organism for neuroscience research due to its accessible nervous system. Unlike pest cockroaches it is not associated with unsanitary conditions.
Habitat
Tropical forests; in North America, heated buildings
Diet
Adults and nymphs: decaying plant matter and organic debris
How common
Uncommon
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