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Tech Test: Certify your knowledge of cockroaches

Test your knowledge of cockroaches.

(Image: Cockroach: Inna Tarasenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Question Mark: Angga Renaldo Sikas/DigitalVision Vectors)
(Image: Cockroach: Inna Tarasenko/iStock/Getty Images Plus; Question Mark: Angga Renaldo Sikas/DigitalVision Vectors)

The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (Parcoblatta pennsylvanica) (PHOTO: © Gene White)
The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (Parcoblatta pennsylvanica) (PHOTO: © Gene White)

One of nature’s outdoorsy species

The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (Parcoblatta pennsylvanica) is found in wooded areas, under loose bark and in rotting logs. It is not a common household pest and does not reproduce indoors. It may be brought indoors on firewood, or males — which have long, well-developed wings — may enter by flying through open windows and doors.

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

Answers to October Tech Test

1. b, 2. True, 3. d, 4. c, 5. True, 6. a, 7. False, 8. a, 9. True, 10. b