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DescriptionEntomological error.jpg	English: in 1904, the Tacoma Times printed a brief article which confused cockroaches and praying mantises, describing many of the behaviors of the mantis while attributing them to the cockroach, and making recommendations for how they could be killed with poisoned garbage. This illustration shows mantises labeled as cockroaches. From Tacoma Times, Vol. 1, No. 114, Saturday, April 30, 1904, page 2.
Date	30 April 1904
Source	https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1904-04-30/ed-1/seq-2/ (The Tacoma Times))
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