While we tend to describe cockroaches as a single type of creature, there are actually over 4,000 different cockroach species, according to Pursuit. The cockroaches you might commonly find invading your pantry or shower drains are American or German cockroaches. American cockroaches are brown, around 50 millimeters long, and can live for up to two years, according to Orkin. German cockroaches have a similar hue, but they’re much smaller at only around 15 mm long, and only live for about a year.
However, there are plenty of other types of cockroaches which don’t make their homes inside human dwellings. Many of these cockroaches look so different from American and German roaches that you might not immediately be able to identify them as roaches at all. These ranks include the Death’s Head cockroach, which can be found in the wilds of North America, including in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, according to Treehugger. The species is marked by its unique coloring, with a large black splotch around its head which looks similar to a skull. The Domino Cockroach is another uniquely-colored cockroach, with a round, black body covered in white spots. This bug can be found in the forests of southern India.
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