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[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 year ago

'Cockroach' encompasses a wide range of species, the majority of which have no interest in living in a human's home, and contribute to the work of decomposition on the forest floor. Many smaller predators also eat them.

[-] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 21 points 1 year ago

OK, just the pest ones then ๐Ÿ˜.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

I'm on board with that ๐Ÿ‘

[-] arthur@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Some pests (not only cockroaches) keeps the sewage unclogged by consuming solids.

[-] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, come on ๐Ÿคฃ... people just have to find an excuse for cocroaches to exist ๐Ÿคฃ.

[-] Chickenslippers@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Just learned recently that there are over 3000 species of cockroaches and about 10 are invasive to humans.

[-] neshura@bookwormstory.social 4 points 1 year ago

well let's get rid of those 10 then, the other 2990 should be able to pick up whatever positive effect those 10 species have without building nests and swarming our homes

[-] Shanedino@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's really only German cockroaches that are colony roaches. At least in my region.

[-] sparky678348@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

That's an incredible statistic. Where did you learn that?

[-] Chickenslippers@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I was watching the streamer piratesoftware who before he became a programmer/hacker was in college for entomology.

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