thesavageprojects Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia its $33-$50, is it any good, worth the money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 I just bought a copy and started reading it. You can read a bit of it online but it might be worth getting a hard copy. It might be the best roach book out there but only because the rest are very short or silly. However, keep in mind you can only find one or two nonpest species in the whole book unless you move to Australia. Remember it is only a guide to Australian roaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allpet Roaches Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I was disappointed to see the book lists the old Kunkel roach site last updated in 1998 (which I don't think is online anymore) and doesn't mention the AR forum. This could only be a purposeful snub of Americans or the author has never been on the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesavageprojects Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 I know we usually can't get aussie roaches, but i figure that means i'll see something new. I mean the new cockroach species boom we had with Zephyr/roachcrossing has slowed, I've read your (older/smaller) books, Roth's books, and a bunch of those short/silly books. I'm craving new material. the kunkel site over at http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/kunkel/cockroach.html is objective and scholarly, its a bunch of references . Here we have a much more subjective site, which is the appeal. It speaks to the average joe as well as entomology nerds. This could been why the author chose to have kunkel and not AR, or maybe hes a dick, just speculation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesavageprojects Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 OK I see that the section is "websites and special interest groups". There is no good reason roachforum or allpet isn't there. if you google through www.google.com.au the forum is very easy to find if not the first thing. I retract my previous statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Just got this as a Christmas present, definitely one of the best roach books out there! So many great pictures, and mostly of live ones! We need some of these species in culture, now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesavageprojects Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 I also got it for xmas. Only skimmed it so far. It's awesome. Would love to get my hands on macrocerca shiptona (p.120). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hisserdude Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Omg that's one of my most wanted species as well! Really cool how they imbed their ootheca into palm leaves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.