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Roaches disappearing. Ants, Lice and Fleas expanding.

by James Denison Jul 25, 2004 8:07PM PDT

Interesting article about the historical battle of man against the Roach and how it seems we've won, finally. The victory may be shortlived since other bugs are now expanding their invasions of homes.

[url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/25/magazine/25PHENOM.html}Roaches

"... the police in Schenectady, N.Y., responded to a complaint about a barking dog. When they arrived, however, they found cockroaches streaming from the windows of a two-family home, raining down from trees and darting into the street. Inside, roaches had plastered every wall like stucco and had left bites all over a 64-year-old woman and her 24 dogs, which, it turned out, had been barking for good reason. The swarm comprised approximately one million German cockroaches, perhaps the largest household infestation ever recorded. ..." more at site

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