[Mb-civic] The Lure of Sex Can Drive Roaches to Their Deaths

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The Lure of Sex Can Drive Roaches to Their Deaths 
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By Karen Kaplan
Times Staff Writer

February 18 2005

In the long and seemingly futile quest to build a better roach trap, researchers have identified the come-hither chemical of the female German cockroach and produced a synthetic version that makes males come running in fewer than nine seconds. 

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