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• In Spanish, “cuco” or “cuca” means caterpillar, and “acha” means “contemptible” which combine to form “cucaracha,” or cockroach. According to the book “The Compleat Cockroach” by David Gordon, this widely reviled insect is one of the most successful species ever to walk the earth. • Roaches first appeared on the scene some 340 million years ago, which was 180 million years before dinosaurs appeared; 200 million years before flowers, seeds, nuts, and pollen showed up on Earth; and some 338 million years before Homo erectus began walking around. Except for minor adaptations, their design has remained nearly unchanged throughout the eons. • There are about 3,500 species of cockroach, though scientists are still discovering new ones. About 50 types of roach are considered to be domestic pests. Of those 50, only five show up regularly in American homes, and all five of those are not native to the U.S. but were imported accidentally. • Unlike flies and mosquitoes, cockroaches are not known to spread disease. (continued next page)

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• To attract a mate, a female roach will flex her legs, lift her wings, and emit a chemical “perfume” called a pheromone that can be detected by a male roach up to 33 feet away. When the male approaches, the two seem to do a bit of fencing with their antennae. • In the majority of roach species, mating encounters are casual and the female later drops her egg case in a safe location and abandons it. But the story is different with the brown-hooded wood cockroach, which inhabits the Atlantic coastline from New York to Georgia. They mate for life. Together the male and female chew into wood making a series of small chambers where they live with their family for the rest of their lives. About a year after the male and female bond, their first offspring are born and both parents tend the young. Families usually consist of less than half a dozen youngsters. The families stick together for three or four years while the young mature. (continued next page)

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Do you have any old savings bonds tucked away, ones bought years ago to help a grandchild with college expenses? Or maybe you want to take care of all your credit-card debt by cashing in bonds. Redeeming savings bonds isn’t as easy as it used to be. Savings bonds have been paperless for many years, and you can’t just buy or redeem them anywhere now. There are some banks where you can cash in your bonds, but the preferred method now is to do it online. As a first step, go online to check the value of each bond. Try SavingsBonds.com and use the calculator. Click the yellow box (“Get your bond values here”) and select the details of your bond from the drop-down menu. It’s not necessary to include the bond’s serial number if your other details (series, face value, date issued) are correct. You’ll get a color-coded message at the top. Red, for example, means that your bond isn’t earning interest and should be cashed in. Blue means the bond is less than five years old, and you’ll forfeit three months in interest if you redeem it too early. Before you can get a printout list of your bonds, you’ll need to enter your email address. Look at the In the News section for specific information about how your interest can affect your taxes. When you cash in bonds, you’ll get a Form 1099-INT showing the interest you earned. You might have to pay taxes on it. If you have paper bonds that you don’t want to redeem yet, you can have them switched to digital. Your best bet: Ask your bank if it redeems savings bonds, and let it help you. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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