As roaches grow, they shed their external skeletons several times a year. No, it's not an albino. If you see a white cockroach, it has just shed its skin. A cockroach that has just shed its skin is white with black eyes. After eight hours, however, it will regain its regular shell coloring.
American cockroaches are speedy little creatures.
They can run up to three miles in an hour. They are equipped with a set of little claws on their feet designed for that very purpose. Male cockroaches weigh less than female cockroaches, and males can fly and flee faster. Pest cockroaches are native to western Asia and northern Africa. Cockroaches were carried all over the world in wooden ship.