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Tasting hairs on the legs of a roach can not only help it determine a food source, but help it avoid pesticides as well. Glycocides -- poison baits mixed with glucose -- were traditionally used to dose the sweet-loving cockroach with lethal toxins.
The sand fleas do not get very big-most are around a half inch to an inch long. The females grow up to 2 inches long while the males only grow up to about 3/4 inches long. Mole Crabs have five sets of legs on their underbelly. They are used primarily to paddle through the water and to dig into the soft sand.