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- NATION, Page 33American NotesENTOMOLOGYA Day at The Races
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- Oddsmakers favored Hot to Trot II, but Plain Disgusting and
- Fluttering Antenna were far from long shots. The competing
- cockroaches were entrants in Bug Bowl 1991, an event staged last
- week at Purdue University to promote understanding of one of the
- most reviled insects. Says Thomas Turpin, a research
- entomologist: "We build houses, they move in and feed on the
- stuff that falls from the table."
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- One hundred fifty fans watched the first running of the
- Giganteus Stakes. The contestants, all 3-in.-long tropical
- species, sped along the track. In a photo finish, Hot to Trot
- II won the cup by a labrum.
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