While most Americans would make a beeline for the Raid, people in Japan are actually feeding money into vending machines to buy live beetles.
Bug collecting has a long tradition in Japan, where insects are gathered to teach kids about nature.
But with the insects' wild habitats disappearing and most Japanese children now living in cities, vending machines are an option. The machines, normally used for fresh vegetables, are as easy to use as coin-operated lockers. About 1,500 beetles were sold in July, despite conservationists' complaints that automated bug sales are a step too far. But the machines' owners disagree. But the 3-inch bug in question was unusually large, according to Mikako Takei of Wakuwaku Land, a Tokyo store specializing in insects.