Josexotics Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Hi, I'm new to the roach hobby, and i wanted to try finding roaches on my own outdoors. Can you guys give me some tips on finding roahces. Like where they can be found and stuff. I live in Florida where most roaches aren't legal. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonsaladsandwich Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 For most species look around in rotten logs, under bark etc. In most parts of the country, greenhouses are some of the best places to look for roaches but I'm not sure that applies to Florida since the whole place is basically a greenhouse. (And you don't need greenhouses anyway?) You can find males of some species (including parcoblatta and presumably panchlora) around lights and on windows at night. I understand that "palmetto bugs" (periplaneta) are super common in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRoach Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I've read that Florida has Arenivaga. If they're anything like California's, dig through undisturbed sandy patches. Here, they're easy to find under boards after light rain as well. I bet you could also find ootheca of Periplaneta spp. attached to walls where there is food and water available to the roaches. Pop them into a lightly ventilated jar with some moist substrate such as coir and you'll have nymphs in no time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Off of memory this is what is native or in florida: P. nivea P. americana P. australasiae P. brunnea B. germanica I *think* Blaberus craniifer, atropos, and some others that I am forgetting. The most common that you should find depending on where you are: P. americana, australasiae, P. nivea B. germanica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josexotics Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Thanks for the responses! There are a whole bunch of Blaberus species in the Miami area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Here's some more roaches found in FL: Arenivaga floridensis Eurycotis floridana Eurycotis lixa Epilampra maya Pseudomops septentrionalis Cariblatta lutea Plectoptera poeyi Parcoblatta caudelli Parcoblatta fulvescens Chorisoneura parishi Latiblattella rehni Neoblattella detersa Ischnoptera bilunata Plectoptera picta And probably a lot more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Here's some more roaches found in FL: Arenivaga floridensis Eurycotis floridana Eurycotis lixa Epilampra maya Pseudomops septentrionalis Cariblatta lutea Plectoptera poeyi Parcoblatta caudelli Parcoblatta fulvescens Chorisoneura parishi Latiblattella rehni Neoblattella detersa Ischnoptera bilunata Plectoptera picta And probably a lot more! Oh yeah and all of those XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cariblatta lutea Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Here's some more roaches found in FL: Arenivaga floridensis Eurycotis floridana Eurycotis lixa Epilampra maya Pseudomops septentrionalis Cariblatta lutea Plectoptera poeyi Parcoblatta caudelli Parcoblatta fulvescens Chorisoneura parishi Latiblattella rehni Neoblattella detersa Ischnoptera bilunata Plectoptera picta And probably a lot more! Let me add more Parcoblatta lata Parcoblatta divisa Parcoblatta pennsylvanica Parcoblatta uhleriana (they were fairly common in Torreya) Parcoblatta virginica Parcoblatta zebra (according to my friend) Cariblatta lutea lutea and minima Compsodes species Myrmecoblatta species Ischnoptera deropeltiformis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josexotics Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 out of the peripleneta that show up in the house, I hope one of them end up being Australasiae xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josexotics Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Does anyone know what periplaneta are most attracted to? I'll try using insect traps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I was just informed by Cariblatta that none of the species I listed are native XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRoach Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Periplaneta spp. seem to really like their fruit. I would personally try a mixture of bananas, cooked white rice, and bits of dog food as bait in pitfall traps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josexotics Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Thanks! I'll do that right now lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRoach Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Good luck, let us know how it goes, and welcome to the hobby. Let me warn you now, it can be really addictive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Periplaneta spp. really like beer too lol. Use that and a pit trap and you should find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josexotics Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 Well looks like their are no roaches around my house. So better try near the community dumpster , and If i don't find anything then my community is REALLY clean lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Try looking in dead oak leaves and pine needles. And try looking on dead leaves stuck onto living sweet gum leaves on the living tree (of course go to the low branches where you can reach from the ground unless you have a ladder). I have found Chorisoneura texensis like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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