cockroaches
Fumakilla promises to kill all roaches in your home, but you have to ask yourself if that’s what you really want.
When you stop and think about it, putting pictures of cockroaches on a product for people who hate them is kind of a weird strategy.
Home-made “bombs” aren’t lethal, let you swap insect invaders for a pleasant smell.
Ever wonder why cockroaches are so shiny? Well, let’s put our fears aside and learn a little more about one of the urban human’s greatest foes.
Become a fearless pest disposer with this incredibly effective three-step hack requiring just two utensils.
The Tokuyama Zoo in Yamaguchi Prefecture has come up with a novel way to attract visitors this summer. And by novel, I mean probably insane. Would you buy tickets for a Cockroach Fest?
As the summer cools back down to a comfortable autumn, the cockroach index has slid to a 1 across much of Japan. But before they go to sleep in many parts of the world, it looks like our little black friends are squirming their way into the headlines to give us something to remember them by.
We’ve all probably heard the tale of Edward Archbold who mysteriously died after winning a cockroach eating contest in the USA. However, in China, roaches making quite a stir – by getting stirred into the food.
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