durring feeding a few escaped just 1 nymph, but i have found a adunt pair running around. I live in Wisconsion and wonder if thises things can turn into a full blown infestation? i read some were that these roaces cant live of the humidity is not ideal, any way of getting rid of the escapes, any traps that are iresistable?
Blatta Lateralis escapes
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In cooler climates like yours, I don't think you need to worry much about infestation; most folks have a hard time getting these guys to breed at cooler temps, so unless your room temp is pushing 80+ you have little to worry about. I've had a number of these guys escape in my nice, hot, humid bug room with no issues. I do use baited sticky-traps, which seem to do the job without exposing my other pets to any noxious chemicals; they have a scented pesticide-free bait that the roach gets stuck in. I've caught basically every escapee I've counted in there. So, if you're paranoid about an adult pair on the loose doing what adult pairs do, you could try a method like that.
Yeah. They need the heat and humidity (but mostly heat) to breed. They are not going to reproduce in your house. People get infestations in the hot part of arizona, but no one has a B lateralis infestation in Wisconsin.\
Mine have gotten caught in the sticky mousetraps I put out. I suppose the other poster had something actually made for roaches, but the mousetraps work too.
Mine have gotten caught in the sticky mousetraps I put out. I suppose the other poster had something actually made for roaches, but the mousetraps work too.
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I've been using Victor Poison-Free Roach Magnets. Do realize that they catch more than roaches though; I was super bummed to find a really gorgeous house centipede dead in one of mine.
Haha. Sometimes I have nightmares that I have accidentally knocked the colony over and they all ran out into the house. It's a scary thing.I've had a couple get out ( 5-6) so far and have only not been able to find/step on 1. Still scares the crap out of me as my wife would want the entire house fumigated and that's not so great for the T's and Scorp's.
But they aren't going to infest. Certainly not here in illinois. I'd be fine with 5 or 10 escapees, no worries. But 1000-2000? Not so much.
Even if the eggs from escapees hatch, once they get a taste of a wisconson winter, they will all die . . .
Most of the tropical roaches we use as feeders have TROPICAL needs, and cant survive at low temps for more than a day or two . . .
I wont answer the question about 40% humidity only because a roach can find a suitable spot if it has free-run of the house . . .
But rest assured, once winter hits again there, any survivors will be roachsicles . . .
Most of the tropical roaches we use as feeders have TROPICAL needs, and cant survive at low temps for more than a day or two . . .
I wont answer the question about 40% humidity only because a roach can find a suitable spot if it has free-run of the house . . .
But rest assured, once winter hits again there, any survivors will be roachsicles . . .
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I've had N. cinerea(tropical species) frozen outside in a cage for hours and after they warmed back up after they were in the snow they bred and reproduced regularly again. Also Periplaneta australasiae are a pain to get rid of(low humidity northern ohio), getting rid of my collection so i can fumigate lol, they are hardly everywhere just 1-2 here and there but it gets annoying.
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Agreed. I stopped raising lobsters well over a year ago and their are some adults under the washing machine somewhere. Some nymphs got into my dubia colony and I recently found a 1st instar crawling on the floor.