thesavageprojects Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2013/12/11/faster-breeding-cockroach-taking-over-in-southwestern-us Bad part being "This may be the first time that an invasive urban pest species is widely distributed via the Internet and through the sale of live insects." Hope this blows over without any rules or laws being made. Plus I'm not entirely sure how accurate this statement is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 well at least they pointed out how red runners got here in the first place.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 They didn't really mention if this was an indoor or outdoor invasion (I imagine outdoor), but really the worst outcome I could imagine would be displacement of Blatta orientalis or maybe some native Parcoblatta sp. and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windward Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 but really the worst outcome I could imagine would be displacement of Blatta orientalis or maybe some native Parcoblatta sp. and the like. And that is bad. Invasive species can do a lot of damage. No one can know if they would simply take over the similar ecosystem roles of those species or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 well at least they pointed out how red runners got here in the first place.... They'll certainly leave out the part it was accidentally introduced by the government if it makes it to television. It's more sensational and exciting to blame things on pet owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windward Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 They'll certainly leave out the part it was accidentally introduced by the government if it makes it to television. It's more sensational and exciting to blame things on pet owners. Here a better [written] article http://entomologytoday.org/2013/12/09/the-invasive-turkestan-cockroach-is-displacing-the-oriental-cockroach-in-the-southwestern-u-s/ There's a link to an open paper in the article if anyone is interested in life history and biology of the species. They mention the army, and a link at the bottom for an LA Times article is about the army introducing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Thanks for sharing all of this great information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Just to let you know , these guys froze solid at 35F and below and yet came back to life when temps rose back up in the 50s F .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windward Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Just to let you know , these guys froze solid at 35F and below and yet came back to life when temps rose back up in the 50s F .... If it's not mentioned in that paper you could send the individuals working with them some information about this. They could further test and share the results.Quite a bit is known about terrestrial insect antifreeze proteins and such, but a lot is still unknown. Who knows, maybe the roaches could be handy for some investigations into this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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