Can you squash a cockroach?

When they're ready to hatch, they do so. In most species, the eggs are neither stored nor hatched inside the mother cockroach. In the few species that do store their eggs in the above-mentioned fashion, all of the eggs are killed when a cockroach is squashed. read more

I used to work in an insectary and the place was constantly infested with dozens (probably hundreds in hiding) of German cockroaches. I quickly learned that yes you can crush them, but you have to actually be trying. read more

The force needed to squash a cockroach is tiny, so the equal-opposite force merely causes a negligible deceleration of your leg, but is not sufficient to stop it. But try to squash a lego brick with you bare foot. read more