. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. Cockroachci The cockrf.:iche» which h^.ve just been mcntiont-d ir. callv domesticu-d .,n,n,.,ls in so f.,r ,s thcv have accomm,. thfiiiMlvcs to the ftivironmi-ntsolcivili/ation. Thev anncir to .ilmost cvcrylhirifr, whcthcT .. or in its and thi-v .irc household pests „r the highest Thev ..re also all
. The insect book [microform] : a popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. Insectes; Insects. Cockroachci The cockrf.:iche» which h^.ve just been mcntiont-d ir. callv domesticu-d .,n,n,.,ls in so f.,r ,s thcv have accomm,. thfiiiMlvcs to the ftivironmi-ntsolcivili/ation. Thev anncir to .ilmost cvcrylhirifr, whcthcT .. or in its and thi-v .irc household pests „r the highest Thev ..re also all of them cosmopolitan, or so, and have been carried in ships la almost all parts of the world. Our native cockroaches are. most o( them, out-door feeders and .ire exceptionallv cleanly insects. In lact. anv one of the domestic cockroaches, if watched, will be seen to make efforts to its person, hckinK its lejjs and its in much the same manner m which .. washes its A curious observation which the writer once made indicates it is possible for to .icquire the tobacci. habit. A cioton bu^ of the usual inquisi- 'ive turn of mind my office desk, and as as I laid .lown my ciKar upon the edjje of the drawer the little fellow invariably came out of his hiding place and worked vigorously at the moist end. At first he was after the moisture but Liter the tobacco taste jjrew and he became as much .iddicted to the habit .IS the most to- bacco user. It may be worth meiitioninji it seemed to have no effect on its iiealth. Cockroaches are fond of darkness. They roam about houses .it niirht, and new houses become stocked with roaches through niijirations at ni«ht time from over-supplied adjoining establishments. On a day in Wash- ington I once saw a migrating armv of cockroaches, incalculable in number, crossing the street from a dirtv restaurant toward bui
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