# roaches and eggs?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roaches-and-eggs/554063>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 17, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roaches-and-eggs/554063 "2010-09-17T11:28:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![calo83](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@calo83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calo83)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roaches-and-eggs/554063/1 "2010-09-17T11:28:28Z")

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can a roach lay eggs in the ear of a living human? are there any documented cases?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roaches-and-eggs/554063/2 "2010-09-17T11:56:14Z")

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Just in case this one was inspired by a Cecil column-- [Why do we have wax in our ears? Do roaches ever crawl in there?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1110/why-do-we-have-wax-in-our-ears).

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roaches-and-eggs/554063/3 "2010-09-17T12:22:42Z")

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A roach can and will lay eggs just about anywhere. Lots of them.