When someone plays a trick on us, we say that was a lousy trick. When we make a mistake, we loused up a deal. When the computer isn t working, it may have a computer bug. When someone is criticizing something, that person is nit-picking. Less Afraid People with entomophobia can help stop their fears by learning more about insects.
Cockroaches do an important job.
They break up dead plant material to make room for new plants to grow. But some of them live in our homes and break up our leftover food. To most humans, this is an unfriendly thing to do. There really is nothing bad about cockroaches, except that they tend to live in dirty places. Termites job is to eat dead trees so there s room for new ones to grow.