Houston Museum of Natural History Wants to Buy Your Roach

Amateur entomologists may finally have a financial incentive for keeping their creepy little friends around, or in this case, trading them in. The Houston Museum of Natural History is offering cold hard Cash for Cockroaches with the goal of collecting 1,000 of our twitchy little house mates for the New Brown Hall of Entomology. Admittedly, 25 cents a pop may not be enough to lure one away from a career in investment banking, but hey, all we usually get for spotting a cockroach is a chance to wipe our shoes.

Houstonians are invited to contribute their cockroaches at the entrance to the Cockrell Butterfly Center on Tuesdays (May 8th and May 15th) from 4 – 7 p.m. or Saturdays (May 5th, May 12th and May 19th) from 12 – 3 p.m. for $0.25 each. Upon arrival, ask for a Museum entomologist. After the first 1,000 cockroaches are collected, donors will be given passes to come back and visit their friends when the new Brown Hall of Entomology opens May 25, 2007.

Houston Museum of Natural History: Cash for Cockroaches