pest control

A female cockroach considers accepting a sugary offering from a male cockroach.

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These cockroaches tweaked their mating rituals after adapting to pest control

10:02am March 31, 2023

by Ari Daniel

The German cockroach evolved to live only in human environments. This roach is very good at adapting to pest control methods — even if it means changing its mating rituals.

The Pest Informer is offering to pay a handful of volunteers $2,000 to release roughly 100 American cockroaches into their homes for a study on pest control treatments.

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This company wants to pay you $2,000 to infest your home with cockroaches

11:02am June 15, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

A North Carolina-based company is looking for a few study participants who are willing to welcome roughly 100 cockroaches into their homes. It got more than 2,500 applications in less than a week.