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Roaches

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The ootheca aka roach egg

Have you ever seen what you thought was a really weird roach that had something sticking out the back of it that looked like a small briefcase? Well what you most likely saw was what an entomologist would call an ootheca but round here we just call it an egg. How strange that the roach [...]

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Can a roach live through a nuclear explosion?

I didn’t think anyone had such as warped mind as mine but here is the proof. In fact I think even warpier! (new word alert) While I only think of strange things and possibilities these nuts actually put them to the test. Oh what I wouldn’t do for a nice little lab and an unlimited [...]

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Chalk talk episode #1 Insect foggers and how German roaches survive

While I’m sure thousands of roaches died in the deadly mist, many more just found this assault a minor inconvenience and thrived once the cloud was gone.

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Killing dead roaches/it’s that time of year

Even in this age of instant information, acute awareness of the environment and chemical avoidance for health it seems that with each cold season that comes bug men everywhere will continue killing, dead roaches.

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Weird roach facts

14 days is the average time a roach could live without its head. Oh and by the way, that headless roach won’t die because he lost his noggin. He dies because of starvation.

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It’s raining roaches

I thought you might enjoy this, I know I did.

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Sexy exterminators kill more german roaches

Pheromones are nothing new but unlocking the german roach sexual lure has been a mystery for many years. Isolating the gland took more than 15,000 samples and tests to get the male reaction for the exact pheromone.

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Why fogging fails

In normal circumstances I rarely fog but the place was empty and german roaches were everywhere and I couldn’t spray the ceiling and walls without making a mess and going against the product label

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5 hiding spots revealed by a German roach

Recent technology has allowed us access into the mind of a roach and we were able to glean certain thoughts of the roaches deep sub conscious. The machinery is complex

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