This article was originally published on Critter Science.

The scourge of humans, the meek, the nuisance, the American cockroach. Contrary to their name, these insects actually hail from Africa and the Middle East. They are also known as the waterbug (misnomer, since they aren’t aquatic), palmetto bug, kakerlac, ship cockroach, and Bombay canary. These critters are believed to […]

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