Originally Posted by
jgedwa
More race-related injuries have been caused by the Italian cromobeetle than all other insects combined.
+1, True, there is another varient, the chromosnail.
This one came in to the Trek factory and promptly moved the mountain bike assembly line where he/she hid on this bottom bracket for about 20 years before being removed during a re-lube I was performing on a vintage, 80s Trek 800. Apparently this bug feasted on a diet of Phil Wood's lube and chromoly steel in the BB. Upon removing the chromosnail from this BB, the end promptly fell off.
PS, I would be more concerned with live bugs getting into your house. The bugs won't live very long in a bike frame.