I have so many questions…
Is this like that time Pluto lost its planet designation?
Is this a merger?
Is it a step down for the termite, or for the cockroach?
Both despised, both delicious…
*sigh*
Termites are the new cockroach. Literally. The Entomological Society of America is updating its master list of insect names to reflect decades of genetic and other evidence that termites belong in the cockroach order, called Blattodea. As of February 15, “it’s official that termites no longer have their own order,” says Mike Merchant of Texas A&M University in College Station, chair of the organization’s common names committee. Now all termites on the list are being recategorized.
