Aug 5, 2026
German Cockroaches Appear to Be More Social Animals than Previously Thought
Newborn German cockroaches use pheromones in cockroach feces to identify members of their own colony and form a kind of social bond, a discovery which could be used to improve pest control efforts. Scientists compared neonate cockroaches that had been allowed to consume their colony’s feces and were exposed to fecal odors to neonates that…