A nightmare for many cockroachescan live anywhere you can imagine, from our house to the streets we walk. These fascinating animals have about 4,000 different species in the world. However, there are some extinct species of cockroaches that are very survivable and can also live without their heads.

But now a discovery has shown that a species of cockroach long thought to be extinct isn’t actually extinct. Scientists made this discovery on the island of Lorde Howe in Australia.

The species was thought to have become extinct in the 1930s

Researchers recently landed on Lorde Howe Island in Australia. panesthia lata discovered that wood-eating cockroaches live. The cockroaches, said to live only on this island, were found in the 1930s. after the spread of rats in the area was considered extinct. As a result, this discovery surprised the experts.

Maxim Adams of the University of Sydney discovered the presence of this species in a banyan tree on the island. Atticus Fleming, an official on Lord Howe Island, which is home to more than 1,600 species of endemic invertebrates, said:It’s great news to see these species survive; because they are the last more than 80 years ago we have seen” used the sentences.

Cockroaches play a vital role in the region’s ecosystem. These animals can eat rotting wood thanks to special microorganisms in their intestines. That’s why the University of Sydney called them “food recyclers‘ is defined as.

Researchers now have habitats and how they managed to survive will conduct investigations to understand.