ID a short scifi/fantasy story - Beetles steal a museum scarab
July 28, 2015 6:50 AM   Subscribe

Short story I read as a kid, so published before 1990. Beetles meet in (?Central) Park to discuss, or succeed, in stealing a scarab from a major museum. The cockroaches have a chant - 'Blatt Blatt Blatt go the Blattodea!'
posted by AFII to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (3 answers total) 5 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: I am nearly positive that is Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum by Fritz Lieber
posted by zarq at 7:06 AM on July 28, 2015 [3 favorites]


Best answer: zarq's right. Here it is.
posted by dlugoczaj at 7:14 AM on July 28, 2015 [3 favorites]


Response by poster: Amazing, so fast, thank you!
posted by AFII at 8:18 AM on July 28, 2015


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