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rare
Giant Burrowing Cockroach
Macropanesthia rhinoceros
- Habitat
- Tropical and subtropical Queensland woodlands, in deep soil burrows
- Body length
- 80 mm
- Order
- Blattodea · Blaberidae
Weird but real
The world's heaviest roach: 33g, wingless, digs a metre-deep burrow and can live a decade hauling eucalyptus leaves down to eat.
Why it's cool
A gentle, wingless tank that raises its young underground for years — the cockroach that quietly became a devoted homebody.
