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  
📰 News story: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/18/nx-s1-5749488/cockroach-pair-bonding-relationships-wing-eating

(via @globalmuseum)

#bugstodon #entomology #cockroaches #Blattodea #Blaberidae

Nicht alles, was wie eine Schabe aussieht, ist direkt eine der ungeliebten Küchenschaben. Hier handelt es sich wohl um die Nymphe einer Waldschabe (Ectobius sylvestris). Sie ernähren sich von verrottenden Pflanzenteilen.

#artenvielfalt #nature #natur #insekten #insects #schaben #Blattodea

Some termites, genus Hospitalitermes, spotted moving objects along a tree branch at MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Singapore on 2 Feb 2025. There were, of course, a lot more termites moving about.

These termites are quite common in nature areas.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260360911 ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Termites #Blattodea

Forgot to share this one yesterday.

Ectobius sp.

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2rd4Ez1

#Blattodea #Ectobiidae #Ectobiinae #Ectobius #Pentax #Macro #Cockroach #Animal #Wildlife #Nature #Mywork #Photography

Haven't posted in a while so here's a termite:

#Coptotermes #Termite #Blattodea #SriLanka #Insects #NeverHomeAlone

A Giant Cockroach, Pseudophoraspis nebulosa, spotted at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, Singapore on 24 Dec 2023. It has a lovely patterning on its back. The second shot shows a close-up of the partially transparent shell over its head.

This is a forest cockroach and, I believe, never found in houses.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194726943 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Cockroaches #Blattodea