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. They were the sailors and stowaways of the insect world. Sir Francis Drake once captured a ship which was overrun with millions of roaches. Maybe not as a main dish, but they have been used in sauces, condiments and as appetizers.