Rentokil crawls into street food arena with cheesy worms, insect lollipops and pigeon burgers, specially farmed for intrepid diners
David Cross started out studying the behaviour of the American cockroach, moved on to managing the population of the great spruce bark beetle, before finally settling on a career exterminating flies, cockroaches, spiders, wasps, ants, moths, fleas and woodworm. Ask him his least favourite pest and he looks blank.
He'll admit, however, to a particular affection for the flour beetle ("it's something that you develop a bit of respect for"), and "rats and mice will always be posing some interesting and quite complex challenge for you".
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