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Dec 06, 2024
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A forest cockroach (Blattodea) resting on a leaf in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo by the author.

Nature is full of surprises. Our typical idea of a cockroach is probably one of ugliness and dirt, of inhabitants of decaying matter and kitchen garbage. A cockroach, we think, ranks right up with rats, houseflies and mosquitos on our list of ‘most annoyin…

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