Sugar traps force cockroaches to adapt new sex 'gifts'

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Sugar traps force cockroaches to adapt new sex 'gifts'
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PARIS, March 29 — Humans using sugar in cockroach traps has inadvertently led to female roaches being turned off by the sugary “gifts” males use to entice them into...

PARIS, March 29 — Humans using sugar in cockroach traps has inadvertently led to female roaches being turned off by the sugary “gifts” males use to entice them into mating.

This distaste for glucose may save them from death, but it has also put a damper on their sex life, according to the study published in the journalMale cockroaches have a very particular manoeuvre to attract females into mating. But never fear: male cockroaches who have also evolved an aversion to glucose can now get around the problem.

The males also shortened the courtship process, allowing less times for the glucose conversion to take place.

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