I don't know where this question came from. I know that a cockroach can live without its head for up to 9 days, but can it reproduce?
2007-01-29 14:17:03 · 4 answers · asked by zinklebrib 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Theoretically yes; practically no.
A headless male would have problems finding a mate and even if it did it would still need to be able to mate successfully with out a head.
A headless female would have to live long enough to lay her eggs, which is costly on the resources in the cockroach like water and energy. If it did happen to have the energy to lay eggs then it would have to do so in an environment that would foster life.
So, yes it could happen but I doubt it has ever happened successfully and produced live young.
2007-01-29 15:58:54 · answer #1 · answered by Beef 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'm sorry to assist you recognize this, yet confident, you do have a situation. Cock roaches lay a team of eggs and those stay in crevices and many untouched hidden places. The fumes would possibly no longer are turning out to be to be to the eggs and for this reason you nonetheless see them. Cockroaches multiply like flees...very rapid...a answer could be to have the entire homestead fumigated interior and out, yet it quite is a very costly technique.
2016-11-23 13:16:47 · answer #2 · answered by corral 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. A coakroach can reproduce without its head if it lives long enough. It's brian is throughout its entire body. Roachs need lots of water and if it doesn't it will die. So only if it can figure out how to drink water without it's head.
2007-01-29 14:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by man316420 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. but it will rarely happen. The mate would be less attracted to a headless cochroach.
2007-01-29 14:53:24 · answer #4 · answered by ASDF 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋