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Philippines' 'Cockroach Lord' goes to bat for misunderstood bugs

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Los Banos, Philippines (AFP) Mar 8, 2026 A thin band of light from Cristian Lucanas's headlamp pierces the blackness of a Philippine rainforest as he digs through the underbrush before gently scooping up a cockroach with his bare hands. As the Southeast Asian country's lone expert on the oft-misunderstood insect - and discoverer of 15 species - friends have dubbed the soft-spoken scientist "Ipis Lord", after the local name for th
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seeddaily.com broke the news on Thursday, April 23, 2026.
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