Australian authorities have seized more than 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches worth an estimated $143,000. | Trending

The invertebrates were likely destined for the pet trade, including as reptile food

Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates.

Both Madagascar hissing and dubia cockroaches are illegal to import into Australia