Cockroaches Can Jump & Fly?! In slow mo, it’s AWESOME

A new research project focusing on cockroach jumping and flight behaviors captured by filming at 6,000 frames per second. Three common household pest species are featured here: American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) German cockroach (Blattella germanica) Smokybrown cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa) Thanks to Prof. Coby Schal & Rick Rick Santangelo for supplying some of the roaches! Thanks to Nicolás Galvez for assistance on this research project. Music licensed from