Cockroach delight.

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Farmers in the South are elated. A flying cockroach from Asia has shown a liking for the pesky bollworm that threatens cotton, soybean, corn and tomato crops. The roach also eats the eggs of the beet armyworm, a connoisseur of cotton, cabbage and other crops. The Asian cockroach first appeared in Florida in 1986, then migrated through Georgia, Alabama and up the East Coast. It first appeared in Texas in 2006. Bob Pfannenstiel, an...