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May 24, 2013

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps

Cockroaches outsmart sugar traps, Newstrack India, Washington , Fri, 24 May 2013 Washington, May 24 (ANI): Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches, a new study has found. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive

Cockroaches quickly lose sweet tooth to survive, NorthJersey.com, For decades, people have been getting rid of cockroaches by setting out bait mixed with poison. But in the late 1980s, in an apartment test kitchen in Florida, something went very wrong. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches Evolve To Beat Roach Bait

Cockroaches Evolve To Beat Roach Bait, KWTX-TV – Online, NEW YORK (May 23, 2013)–Scientists have discovered how some cockroaches have evolved to resist sweet-tasting poison baits. 

May 24, 2013

Bittersweet: Bait-Averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar

Bittersweet: Bait-Averse Cockroaches Shudder at Sugar, ScienceDaily, May 23, 2013 — Sugar isn’t always sweet to German cockroaches, especially to the ones that avoid roach baits. 

May 24, 2013

Study: Cockroaches survive by losing sweet tooth

Study: Cockroaches survive by losing sweet tooth, KYPost.com, Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. NEW YORK – If you think it’s hard to outsmart a cockroach, you’re right. Scientists have discovered how some of the 

May 24, 2013

How roaches developed disgust at first bite

How roaches developed disgust at first bite, Science News – Online, May 23, 2013. German cockroaches have fought back against bait traps that pair sugar with poison. Over time, the insects have developed taste cells that register sugar as disgusting. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches Can Sense Danger in sugar

Cockroaches Can Sense Danger in sugar, Naharnet.com, Cockroaches will eat anything. Except sugar, that is.   

May 24, 2013

Mutant roaches evolve to avoid sticky traps

Mutant roaches evolve to avoid sticky traps, Canberra Times, San Francisco: Roaches that have been hard to trap may be a variety that find sugar doesn’t taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, a study suggests. 

May 24, 2013

Cockroaches can sense danger in sugar

Cockroaches can sense danger in sugar, Straits Times – Online, The, Cockroaches will eat anything. Except sugar, that is. 

May 24, 2013

FOX 8 News at 5:30pm

FOX 8 News at 5:30pm, Fox 8 News at 5:30 PM – WVUE-TV, and battling flying termites is a consequence of staying out after dark this time of year. Millions of formosan termites are swarming now through june in south louisiana. Exterminator s call it a mating ritual that keeps the species going. People tur 

May 24, 2013

How cockroaches are evolving to avoid sweets

How cockroaches are evolving to avoid sweets, Christian Science Monitor – Online, Evolution could now favor cockroaches with an aversion to glucose, the sugary flavoring that disguises the taste of the poison in roach bait. 

May 24, 2013

Mutant roaches evolve to avoid sticky traps

Mutant roaches evolve to avoid sticky traps, The Age, Australia, May 24, 2013. Roaches that have been hard to trap may be a variety that find sugar doesn’t taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, a study suggests. Coby Schal, entomology, featured. 

May 24, 2013

How cockroaches outsmart sugar traps

How cockroaches outsmart sugar traps, BBC News Online/Interactive, A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them. US scientists found that the mutant cockroaches had a “reorganised” sense of taste, making them perceive the glucose used to coat poisoned bait not

May 24, 2013

Bunch of hurricanes coming, government says

Bunch of hurricanes coming, government says, News & Observer – Online, The National Hurricane Center on Thursday joined other tropical weather experts in predicting an above-average number of named storms in 2013, saying the pattern that produced a busy 2012 season remains in place. The Hurricane Center’s annual fore 

May 24, 2013

Mutant roaches evolve to avoid sticky traps

Mutant roaches evolve to avoid sticky traps, Brisbane Times, Australia, May 24, 2013 Roaches that have been hard to trap may be a variety that find sugar doesn’t taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, a study suggests. Coby Schal, entomology, featured.