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A Kakerlake (Germ. "cockroach") is an insect-like Wesen that resembles a Cockroach. Throughout the Wesen Community they are refered to as "The Survivors" as the Kakerlake possess the ability to adapt to any enviroment they find themselves in no matter how harsh the conditions. Unfortunately, the Kakerlake also have a bad reputation as being nothing more than gluttonous lazy slobs who live in filfth and spread disease and illness as a result of this lifestyle. Because of this, they are treated cruely and poorly by most wesen, resulting in most Kakerlake being very standoffish and wary towards other wesen species, especially towards Grimms.

Usually living in large families that number in 20's and occasionally the 40's the Kakerlake could be considered the insect equivalent of the Seelenguter as they always seem live together or near one another in large groups as seeing a lone Kakerlake can be considered a rare sight or a sign that more are near by. A highly socialable and tight knit species, Kakerlake take the death, disappearence or indangerment of one of their own very seriously as they seem to look out for one another as a whole, regardless of their relation to each other. Kakerlake are also known to utilize what is desricbed as a "swarm mentality" when they gather together, meaning that the more Kakerlake there are, the smarter they seem to become  as this wesen species fully embraces group-based decision making. Should a Kakerlake become seperated from his/her family than both he/she will begin to release very special pheromones into the air that only other Kakerlake and certain Wesen can pick up on. This implies that the Kakerlake have an incredible sense of smell. These pheromones also tend to linger for long periods of time and eventually they can become so potent that even humans can smell them.

Kakerlake have a very severe woge: they develop big black compound eyes, their mouths sprout both internal and external articulated mandibles and antennae appear on the the top of their heads. Like many other species the Kakerlake are sexually dimorphic, as the males have far more pronounced physical features than the females. The Kakerlake can also focus their woge to just their eyes, hands and arms. Kakerlake can also move at incredible speeds when they are woge as they move in a way similar free running with them "scurying" all over the place.