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Boo! Hiss! Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches Grab Attention Year-Around at Bohart Museum, Not Just at Halloween
URL: http://www.ucmrp.ucdavis.edu/news/hissers.html

Description:
This article and sidebar discuss the trend of cockroach-eating contests at Halloween, the use of Madagascar hissing cockroaches on the television show "Fear Factor," and opinions about cockroaches at the Bohart Museum (University of California, Davis), which has "maintained terrariums of Madagascar hissing cockroaches for some 30 years. ... 'It's the most popular display among the kids.'" From the UC Davis Department of Entomology.

LII Topics: Cockroaches, Insects & Arachnids

Publisher:
Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis

LII Database Information:
Record 24745 created by Jennifer English on 10/22/2007
Last modification on 10/22/2007
Published: 10/25/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24745

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