Cockroaches creeping around your home or business can be an unsettling feeling.  People are often unaware of the creepy nighttime pests lurking behind appliances, cabinets, floorboards, wallpaper, and around water sources.  Turning on your light late at night often reveals that a cockroach party is going on in your kitchen.  Typically nocturnal feeders, cockroaches that are subject to light will always run like the dickens to avoid the stomping of a shoe or the spray of a pesticide.  These pests are one of the most difficult pests for home and business owners to eradicate without the help of a Manhattan pest control professional as cockroaches multiply extremely fast and are excellent at hiding in locations where humans cannot find them.

Is it myth or fact that cockroaches can live without their head?  We all know that humans, as well as other species of mammals and insects, will most certainly die without the presence of a head.  We need our head for basic survival.  Our breathing mechanisms occur though our nose and mouth and are controlled by our brain.  A respirator could not even save a human without a head.  Losing our head will cause a huge loss in blood, which will result in a death.  Cutting off our head would also prevent us from consuming food or water, thereby causing starvation.

In the world of a cockroach, living without a head is not so bad…at least for a period of time.  The cockroach does not have a blood pressure like a human does so it does not suffer from uncontrolled bleeding if its head is missing and it is a cold blooded insect.  A cockroach can survive on one day of food for an entire month if it is not too active.  Cockroaches that are missing their head can exist for a month, just hanging around your home.  Ick!  Headless cockroaches are subject to bacterial infections, mold growth, and viruses which could kill them before the month is out.