Heaviest cockroach
- Who
- Macropanesthia rhinoceros
- What
- 33.45 gram(s)
- Where
- Australia
- When
- 1500 BC
The world's heaviest species of cockroach is the rhinoceros cockroach Macropanesthia rhinoceros of eastern Queensland, Australia. A wingless, burrow-inhabiting species, its heaviest recorded specimen was an adult female that weighed 33.45 g, which is almost double the normal weight attained by this species.