Timelapses of Cockroach Egg Cases Hatching!

I captured up-close macro timelapse sequences of cockroach egg cases hatching and roach nymphs emerging! I think it’s both amazing and squirm-inducing footage! Featured here are an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and a German cockroach (Blattella germanica). Check out the other Ant Lab cockroach video, about how adult roaches jump here: Thanks to Prof. Coby Schal & Rick Rick Santangelo for supplying the roaches! Thanks to Nicolás Galvez for assistance on this project. Music licensed from