- January 12, 2021
- By Caleb
- In COCKROACHES, RESIDENTIAL
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Why would you create a cockroach from scratch when there are so many of them readily available? Turns out that a team of researchers did just that. The purpose of this artificial cockroach was to help in the study of collective intelligence. This type of intelligence is displayed by a variety of insects including cockroaches,
When people hear the word “opossum”, they immediately assume that it is the scientific word for “possum.” Guess what, this is not the case at all. The Possum and Opossum are completely two different species. Possums can be found in Australia and New Guinea, and Opossums are found in North America. It all started in
When we look at termites, we very often think of them as a species that is related to ants. However, the Common Names Committee of the Entomological Society of America has recently classified termites in the same category as cockroaches. Even more surprisingly, entomologists have been pondering this move for almost a century. For example,