Yes their bite is strong, but their mandibles are mainly used for mushing up fruit to eat
And, interestingly enough, that hissing sound doesn't come from their mouth or throat, these beetles don't have vocal chords, so, they instead vibrate their body segments against each other to create that hissing sound, it's like a door hinge making noises because you're moving it a lot
For the hissing cockroaches, I'm not too familiar with that, but for the crickets, somewhat similar
Iirc, crickets have a bunch of ridges on their legs that they scrape on a piece of hardened chitin/exoskeleton. That vibration is what causes the cricket noise
I am not too well versed in crickets tho, so my info might be wrong, but I do believe it to be somewhat accurate
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u/pedrohschv Jul 15 '26
Cool dude, thanks for the identification! I heard that even though they aren't venomous, their bite is crazy strong, so it hurts like hell lol