Allie Ward

I know why they call you the Mardi Gras cockroach, because I want to party with you.

Pseudoglomerus magnifica, also known as the emerald cockroach, which looks like a futuristic domed car in this stunning, deep, iridescent peridot color.

Domino cockroach.

You polka-dotted joker.

You're cute as hell.

And for more examples, I will direct you to the 2016 Smithsonian article by Jason Patel, which is titled, I'm Officially in Love with Cockroaches.

Roaches, they leave no crumbs.

What are they out there eating?

I once walked by an apple core on a summer's evening, and it was absolutely lousy with roaches.

And I said, I bet they're loving that right now.

Where was it?

I was in Los Feliz.

Walking down the sidewalk, LA, hot.

We got hot nights.

And when it's hot out, the roaches are out and they're skitting around and they're saying, what's this, a pizza crust?

I'm in love.

And you just go, get it.

It was like jackals around a carcass, this apple core.

It was like definitely the watering hole of the evening.

But what are they out there usually eating?