Why are cockroaches much larger in comparison to other household insects?

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A lot of people hate cockroaches, and its hard not to see why. But if you compare them with your other average home insects such as mosquitoes, flies, and spiders (outside Australia), cockroaches are so much bigger in comparison. Even a cockroach that could be considered young is pretty big. Why are they so big though? What made them decide to become chonkers with wings? Did God just decide to fuck with us by allowing them to grow as large as the palm of my hand while also granting them the power to fly around like a moth?

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Genetics.

Their parents were also large. This is also why dogs are generally larger than house cats.

There are, of course, much larger insects than cockroaches.

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