#blaberidae — Public Fediverse posts
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Romance isn't dead. A new paper argues that a species of wood-eating cockroaches (_Salganea taiwanensis_) pair-bond by eating each other's wings. Then they defend their nest and care for their children all their lives.
📄 Paper: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.251992 :OpenAccess:
📰 News story: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5749488/cockroach-pair-bonding-relationships-wing-eating(via @globalmuseum)