Zephyr Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 I've got to go to bed, but tomorrow I should have the shocking results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad About Cichlids Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Edited I'll have to try the Spam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Sorry for the long delay guys, I've homework and etc to attend to, but here's the results! ^^ Hypothesis: If a selected, common cockroach barrier can stop a cockroach from passing onto a non-coated glass or acrylic section of the same object, then less cockroaches will escape captivity. Temperature: 23.9 degrees Celius Humidity: 40% Each 6.09600 by 3.04800 dm pane of acrylic/glass was coated 10.2 cm from the top with a 2.5 cm band of the selected substance. Light was relatively dim in the room. Each roach was tapped on the abdomen with a long toothpick and was guided into the direction of the band. No cockroach was used more than once, and each had all 6 of its legs. Pam Cooking Spray- Glass Disadvantages- Runs easily Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 0 cm 0 cm 2 .6 cm 0 cm 3 0 cm 0 cm 4 0 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 0 cm 0 cm 8 .6 cm 0 cm 9 0 cm 0 cm 10 0 cm 0 cm Pam Cooking Spray- Acrylic Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 0 cm 0 cm 2 1.3 cm 0 cm 3 .6 cm 0 cm 4 1.3 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 0 cm 0 cm 8 0 cm 0 cm 9 0 cm 0 cm 10 0 cm 0 cm Olive Oil- Acrylic Disadvantages- expensive: clusters into droplets Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 Did not cling to glass - 2 1.3 cm 0 cm 3 1.9 cm 0 cm 4 1.3 cm 0 cm 5 1.3 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 0 cm 0 cm 8 - Cockroach continued to climb up to and past the barrier 9 0 cm 0 cm 10 0 cm 0 cm Olive Oil- Glass Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 - Cockroach continued to climb up to and past the barrier 2 0 cm 0 cm 3 0 cm 0 cm 4 - Cockroach continued to climb up to and past the barrier 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 1.3 cm 0 cm 8 0 cm 0 cm 9 - Cockroach continued to climb up to and past the barrier 10 0 cm 0 cm Crisco- Acrylic Disadvantages- Cockroach feet pull off bits when climbing Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 0 cm 0 cm 2 0 cm 0 cm 3 0 cm 0 cm 4 0 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 0 cm 0 cm 8 0 cm 0 cm 9 1.3 cm 0 cm 10 1.3 cm 0 cm Crisco- Glass Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 0 cm 0 cm 2 1.3 cm 0 cm 3 1.3 cm 0 cm 4 0 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 0 cm 0 cm 8 1.3 cm 0 cm 9 0 cm 0 cm 10 0 cm 0 cm Bug Stop- Acrylic Disadvantages- somewhat expensive, hard to find Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 0 cm 0 cm 2 0 cm 0 cm 3 1.9 cm 0 cm 4 0 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 1.3 cm 0 cm 8 0 cm 0 cm 9 0 cm 0 cm 10 1.9 cm 0 cm Bug Stop- Glass Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 .6 cm 0 cm 2 0 cm 0 cm 3 Cockroach reached the top of the barrier, then fell - 4 0 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 1.3 cm 0 cm 7 0 cm 0 cm 8 Cockroach reached the top of the barrier, then fell - 9 - Cockroach continued to climb up to and past the barrier 10 0 cm 0 cm Vaseline- Acrylic Disadvantages- Messy Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 0 cm 0 cm 2 0 cm 0 cm 3 0 cm 0 cm 4 0 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 0 cm 0 cm 7 - Cockroach continued to climb up to and past the barrier 8 0 cm 0 cm 9 0 cm 0 cm 10 0 cm 0 cm Vaseline- Glass Cockroach Distance on Barrier Distance past barrier 1 0 cm 0 cm 2 1.3 cm 0 cm 3 1.3 cm 0 cm 4 0 cm 0 cm 5 0 cm 0 cm 6 1.9 cm 0 cm 7 0 cm 0 cm 8 0 cm 0 cm 9 0 cm 0 cm 10 0 cm 0 cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 21, 2007 Author Share Posted October 21, 2007 Sorry if it's a bit confusing, but it should really be like this: Cockroach........Distance on Barrier.........Distance past barrier 1..............................1.3 cm................................0 cm For example Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crepsis Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Hey Zephyr, so did you seperate out the different species, and different percentages of how effective (based on ability to climb up past the barrier) each barrier substance was on those species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 22, 2007 Author Share Posted October 22, 2007 Unfortunately I didn't have the resources to test each species, but I used 3 and 4th instar hissers to replicate the weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lele Posted October 28, 2007 Share Posted October 28, 2007 Unfortunately I didn't have the resources to test each species, but I used 3 and 4th instar hissers to replicate the weight. LOL, sorry, can't help myself. So the long and short of it is that nothing is going to contain our little 6-spiny legged buggers. Zephyr, you know I mean this in a big sisterly way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted October 29, 2007 Author Share Posted October 29, 2007 Well, it looks like Vaseline is best on glass and bug stop or pam spray is best on Acrylic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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