jebbewocky Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I'm going to be shipping ome B.giganteus to WA, and the weather has been cold lately. Should I include a heat pack? O_o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yes they are extremely prone to drop in temp and cold weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantisMan Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Yes they are extremely prone to drop in temp and cold weather woah woah hang on a minute i had my roaches in my shed for the summer and after halloween i cleaned out the shed to put stuff in it (my roaches were long back in the house) and i found an escaped B.fusca female on a chair, half frozen but still alive she revived within 3 hours and is still alive today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas Rousseaux Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Blaberus giganteus are way less resistant to the cold... What you can observe with one specie is not true for all of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Well how cold is it? Just for fun. I have found blaberus spp in Miami..it hit 29 F in 2010 there was iggs falling from trees and burms frozen to the road that year. I am sure the roaches and all the exotherms found deep stable shelter to ride it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantisMan Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well how cold is it? Just for fun. I have found blaberus spp in Miami..it hit 29 F in 2010 there was iggs falling from trees and burms frozen to the road that year. I am sure the roaches and all the exotherms found deep stable shelter to ride it out. some come from temperate areas and have to be more cold tolerant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I don't know which species of blaberus come from temperate areas...and what I posted is just a report of what I have seen and found in my state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbewocky Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 Temps have been getting down to the 30s and 20s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jebbewocky Posted February 22, 2013 Author Share Posted February 22, 2013 The buyer let me know he got a shipment of B.dubia from WI last week which all arrived fine, so I decided to risk it. He just pmed me to let me know they all made it. They were all basically in suspended animation from the cold, but he got them warmed up and they're moving around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierre72 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 The buyer let me know he got a shipment of B.dubia from WI last week which all arrived fine, so I decided to risk it. He just pmed me to let me know they all made it. They were all basically in suspended animation from the cold, but he got them warmed up and they're moving around. Thank goodness! Glad to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I had B.giganteus nymphs survive all winter in a container on the side of my house. I thought I got them all out. The temps sometimes got down to 25 F at night but would come up to the 50's during the day. In the spring I found 20-30 small nymphs...all alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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