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NOVEMBER 30, 2008

Who let the (exotic) bugs in? University of Florida entomologists are sounding a warning that Florida lizard owners are increasingly buying exotic, non-native roaches on the Internet to feed their pets. Some cockroaches invariably escape, and as Bob Potts, owner of the Herp Hobby Shop in Oldsmar said, "All it takes is a boy and a girl."

Click here for more information on the Madagascar Hissing Cockroach from National Geographic.

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