The German cockroach is one well-adapted bug. All our attempts to wipe it out is only making it stronger. It's evolved to avoid poison bait laced with glucose — something few living things do.

German cockroaches were first recorded in Europe around 250 years ago. Armies in eastern Europe discovered the bugs in their food stores during the Seven Years’ War between 1756 and 1763, the ...

Crack-and-crevice treatments were simulated in the presence and absence of German cockroach [Blattella germanica (L.)] feces to evaluate its effect on insecticide efficacy toward the German cockroach.