Cockroach candids, or just give them the flick

[Cage]

Today I was contemplating taking a photo of this cockroach that had fallen on it's back, and in true cockroach fashion, was unable to get itself the right way up again.

You could be excused for thinking that cockroaches, an ancient group dating back at least as far as the Carboniferous period some 320 million years ago, would in all that time have mastered the art of flipping themselves over.

I also wondered why I was even having these thoughts and decided that the 44.7°C temp today may have caused a malfunction in one, or severalteen, of my brain cells.

All this thinking was making my head hurt so I put the camera down and reached for the insect spray.

[Gazza]

Ha ha ha...the heats getting to you. Time for a nice cleansing ale. Cheers -

[ameerat42]

O Venerable Cage. What you are enunciating is the age-old
click-flick dilemma

Alas! - You'll have to decide for yourself, but should you occasionally for the
opt for the former, you may wish to disgust regale us with some select copies
of these erstwhile species from the Carboniferous