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Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Family: Blaberidae Genus: Gromphadorhina Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Kingdom: flaggetyi Species: G. portentosa

//**habitat**:// Madagascar hissing cockroaches live in ponds.they are very good swimmers. they can also be found under logs.

**//appearance//** :they are bright orange and are shaped like triangle

**//hissing://** hissing is a mart of matting. There are three types of hisses the disturbance hiss female-attracting hiss, and the fighting hiss. in battles the male with the loudest hiss often wins.

//**matting: **// Matting last for two weeks a year December 1 to December 14.females give birth up to 30 - 60 live young at a time which mature in less than 7 months

**//food://** They eat leaf litter and fallen fruit a small group can eat a small carrot in one day. they are herbivores

**//other interesting facts://** like 99 percent of other cockroaches they do not inhabit human dwellings.They are of least concern on the endangered list. some mites can live on them taking some other there food.they live in colony with both genders of all ages. They can scale smooth glass.They are more active at night <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">es they are also 1-3 meters long they have big wings 1-1.5 meters long they use them to fly up to 40,000 feet high.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**//pets://** they can be kept as exotic pets. I <span style="color: #252525; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 14px;">n the USA, some states require permits before this species can be kept as a pet or in breeding colonies.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/bugs/madagascar-hissing-cockroach/