Let's learn and Draw - Cockroach

The Cockroach

There are about 30 known species of this insect, some call them Cockroaches other call them roaches. A well known specie is athe American Cockroach known as Periplaneta americana

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Some species of Cockroach are very small and others are big, with a mouth part designed for biting and chowing, a wax coated exoskeleton that makes then waterproof and a standard insect body divided into a head, thorax and abdomen. With three pair of legs, two compound eyes and two antennas.

Some Cockroach 🪳 have wings but only fly occasional, some don't have wings at all or a poorly developed pair of wing. They feed on a variety of things, decayed matter, wood, paper and plant materials and can be a very distructive pest.

They are more active at night, when preys like birds and lizards are fast asleep. They have a special hatred for light like vampires, and hide in small crevices

Infestation

Their rate of reproduction is astronomical. Some Cockroach are parthenogenetic and one female can produce 300 to 400 offsprings in a lifetime, each ootheca can contain 30 to 40 thin eggs. And in a very short time, you can have a timing community of roaches in every dark corners.
Eradicating cockroaches is very difficult because they are among the hardiest insects, able to live for hours without air and days without food and even without a head, leading people to belive that they can survive a nucler apocalypse.
Most insecticide aerosol can kill the Periplaneta americana cockroaches but the Blattella germanica needs a special "Baba Yage" locally known as Green-leaf

Uses of Cockroach

In some parts of Taiwan, Thailand and Mexico, Cockroaches are consumed as a rich source of protein, boiled, sautéed, grilled, dried or diced."
Cockroach farms in many countries have been a source of raw material in the production of medicines and cosmetic products with Chinese and South Korean researcher trying to use Cockroaches in the treatment of cancer, baldness, AIDS and as a food supplement.

Steps in drawing the Cockroach

Step1

I gathered all the needed materials for the drawing.

The materials are:

• Plain A4 paper
• Pencil
• Eraser
• Sharpener
• Crayons is optional

Step 2

After gathering the needed materials, I started drawing it from the head, brought out the two compound eyes.

Step 3

An this stage, I drew the thorax and attached it to the head.

Step 4

Now I have drawn the abdomen and the pair of hind legs attached to it.

Step 5

At this stage I added two more pair of legs and the antenna

Step 6

The drawing is almost finished, at this point, i added shading and some spikes to the leggs.

Step 7

The drawing is finished

Hope you like the Cockroach.

Invitation and contest link

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