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Cockroaches govern themselves in a very simple democracy where each insect has equal standing and group consultations precede decisions that affect the entire group, indicates a new study.

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http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060327/cockroach_ani.html

I once had something called "silverfish", but got rid of them quite easily. When I lived briefly in Toronto I heard a lot about cockroaches and even saw a few, but maybe we don't have them on the coast. Maybe they can't handle the rain? We have "pill bugs", sometimes called "wood bugs" and they're an ugly thing but basically harmless and mostly out in the yard.

We have slugs. Several species of slugs. Maybe slugs eat cockroach eggs? Or cockroach babies?

Does anyone know why we don't seem to have them out here? I killed my first half dozen slugs today, spring must be on it's way. We'll all be tap dancing soon, looking like people who were smitten by Martha Graham, side-step, stomp, yuck, step to the left, stomp , yuck..it's the slug fest two step for us.

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posted by anne cameron: So how izzit I've never heard of anyone having cockroaches on the Island? Or even in Vancouver? ...

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You probably give them quaint names, like the folks in Florida do. No cockroaches there, just frigging huge palmetto bugs.