Hello bug lovers! Today, we're proud to publish a podcast recorded, edited, and produced by our friends at the podcast Bugs Need Heroes!! We met with them on their show back a little while back and had a blast talking about cockroaches, super heroes, and -most importantly- Danny Devito. They were kind enough to provide the audio to the show so we could also post it to our podcast feed. You should absolutely check out their show, https://www.bugsneedheroes.com/home, where you can hear Kelly, Amanda, and Derek build buggy super heroes out of all out favorite multi-legged friends. 

In lieu of our usual show notes, I thought I would use the notes prepared by Derek of Bugs Need Heroes! 

https://www.bugsneedheroes.com/episodes/the-trash-man 

Derek’s Field Notes

Common Name: Cockroaches! 

Order: Blattodea; termites were formerly Isoptera. 

Family: We

Species of Note:

• The Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), a common pet

• The Central American giant cave cockroach (Blaberus giganteus), large and in charge

• The German cockroach (Blattella germanica), an unwanted guest

• The Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) sometimes euphemistically called "the waterbug"

• The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (Parcoblatta pensylvanica), an occasional visitor

• Pacific dampwood termite (Zootermopsis angusticollis), the cockroach Amanda didn't know she knew

Life Cycle: 

Cockroaches

Distribution:

Cockroaches

Super Powers:

• Can eat almost anything, but may exhibit strong flavor preferences!

• Flight

• Superspeed

• Climbing

• Cosmopolitan

• Can squeeze into tight places and resistant to crushing

• Resistant to radiation

• Butt antennae

Links to check out:

The Always Sunny In Philadelphia scene that was referenced during the recording.

National Geographic: Amazing Video Reveals Why Roaches Are So Hard to Squish

An interesting breakdown of the infamous Liefeld Captain America drawing.

Sugar traps force cockroaches to adapt new sex 'gifts'

References: 

Bennett,

Questions? Comments?