I mean, an exaggeration, but we all know how tough they are.
So, now we've made them change their mating territory. One of the ways you bait cockroaches is to use sugar, which cockroaches like. Male cockroaches also use sugar to court females. They actually secrete a sugary fluid to get females to mount them (Ladies on top if you're a cockroach) and then hook them in place.
However, liking sugar has become, well, not a survival trait. So more and more female cockroaches turn their mandibles up at it.
Which means that more and more male cockroaches have changed their formula so it tastes different. And it's all our fault.
Will this eventually mean that we'll have to change the bait formula too? Are we going to get into a chemical arms race with male cockroaches? Probably!
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