"Croton bug" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... cockroaches, or "blackbeetles," furnish another example. These pests are comparatively modern and their great migrations in recent times are largely due to the activity of human commerce. There are three main species of cockroach—the Oriental, the American, and the German (or Croton bug)—and they flourish near together in many countries, though not with equal success, for while in England the Oriental is most prosperous, in America the German cockroach is most abundant. They are seldom ...
— Essays in War-Time - Further Studies In The Task Of Social Hygiene • Havelock Ellis |
