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A tough and wily adversary, the cockroach has survived countless attempts to curb its domain and lifestyle. Here, ARS entomologist Richard Brenner loads a petri dish with an experimental bait to see if American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana, are susceptible to its allure.
Photo by Keith Weller.
