In Search of “Living Fossils”: Meet the Cockroach Hunter

At left, Yanagisawa Shizuma at work at the Ryūyō Insect Nature Observation Part in Iwata; at right, the aurora cockroach currently appearing at the museum for a limited time only. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

The GKB48 “general election,” held for the seventh time this year, allowed visitors to vote for their favorite of the many species of cockroach on display. (© Izumi Nobumichi)

Itoshi no gokiburi tanbōki (My Lovely Cockroach Exploration)