why do cockroaches always die on there backs?????

Question

and i dont want this crap they get disorientated and fall on there backs and cant get back up so they die! come on EVERYTIME!! we have a roach problem where i work we sprayed and now we find like 3 or 4 dead on thier backs everyday what the hell

Answer 1

Roaches are hams. They do it for attention.

Answer 2

Q6: Why do cockroaches die on their backs?

A: First, few cockroaches die on their backs in the wild. Natural death of cockroaches probably occurs in the stomach of a bird, bat or other small animal.
Second, Cockroaches are not used to living on a polished marble or vinyl floor. They are more used to a ruguous living plane including leaves and sticks and other vegetable debris. Thus when a cockroach finds itself on its back (by some mistake in its orienteering) it may have trouble righting itself if there is not debris around to grab hold of with its legs. (Try it, put a cockroach on its back on a polished floor with and without some crinkled paper.)
Third, often we come across dead cockroaches in buildings that have died of insecticide. Most of these insecticides are organophosphate nerve poisons. The nerve poison often inhibits cholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down acetyl choline (ACh), a neurotransmitter. With extra ACh in the nervous system, the cockroach has muscular spasms which often result in the cockroach flipping on its back. Without muscular coordination the cockroach cannot right itself and eventually dies in its upside down-position.

Answer 3

i'd anticipate, that in case you look at a roach, their backside is heavier than stomach area. that's form of like once you drop an piece of bread or toast, it continuously falls butter area down, because of the fact that's the area with greater weight on it. while roaches die, their legs curl up, and the fluid is going out of them, and the littlest breeze will turn them over. additionally, in the event that they are demise from poison, or being crushed, comparable ingredient happens, they unfastened capability, and grip of their feet, so there is not any help, so they turn over, exceedingly in the event that they are flailing or suffering. you notice this prevalence in maximum bugs.

Answer 4

many many roaches die belly down under foot ... i used to live in a roach infested hovel in texas and would get drunk and likkerd up and stomp around on them till the neighbors threatened to shoot me every nite till 3 or i passed out whichever came first.

Answer 5

I would have to say that as they die, their motor functions go awry, and they lose their balance and fall over onto their backs. After all, if YOU died, you wouldn't be standing up for long, right? :-)

Answer 6

It's so they can climb their way to cockroach heaven.

Answer 7

Their gross lil legs give out, perhaps?