Shaneofall Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Anyone have experience with these... http://www.arbico-organics.com/product/nemattack-beneficial-nematodes-sf-steinernema-feltiae/beneficial-nematodes2 or something similar. I see they say they go for roaches, but other research focuses more on gnats and phorid flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkie14 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 What do you want to use them for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCrackerpants Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Shaneofall wants to use them against phorid flies. I do not have any experience with using them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneofall Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 More of an investigation, as phorid flies seem to be a common pest that destroys many collections due to transfer of disease. It would be interesting to verify if safe among roach colonies. I get these flies when ordering crickets, so sometimes they pop up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Never had a fly problem in the year and a half keeping roaches. Thank god on that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aphaenogaster Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 I think that anything that affects such a wide range of insect groups would also be harmful to roaches. The product description even states that it can be used against termites, which are essentially cockroaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkie14 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Hmm.. yeah. What if it just so happens that they prefer a cockroach host over a fly host when given both options, because the cockroach is larger and offers more food or has a higher fat content or something like that. Then they might end up parasitizing more roaches than flies! It could be an interesting experiment though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaneofall Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 The only thing is how they kill a host. It seems they must do this to keep the life cycle going. I would think to a large roach it might be similar to a spider bite for us, especially the species I mentioned, as their target host seems to not be roaches. But it still sounds like a sketchy test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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