lobster roaches, tropical or no?
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At the very least it will survive for a long time, these guys are hardy.
It depends on the conditions in your home. It may die in a few days, but will probably live a few weeks, and it could live longer. They are tropical, but also hardier than most tropical roaches. If its a gravid female, you could wind up with nymphs running around for some weeks too. Ultimately you are in an area too dry and too cold for them to survive long term....unless they find just the right place in your house to stick it out, which is also very unlikely.
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I thought all roaches are like in destructable.....Is this not true for all Roach species?
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All roaches, no matter the species, will die off quicky once their water supply is cut off. In a matter of 3 days without water, all the roaches should be dead or dying.
I haven't found this to be true. 3 days is an undershot in my opinion. I had several adult dubias get loose a while ago... about 2 months ago at least and I just found another live one the other day and put him back in with the others.
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Yeah, heavily gutloaded roaches can live weeks without water, but are dying at that point. I had a madagascar hisser escape and live several weeks until I found it again. It was still alive and with a strong grip, but not very responsive to food. I put it back into its home and it died later that week.
You would also have to take into account if the roach was eating or drinking while it was lost. Also taking into account the temps and where it was hiding where it when it was lost. Cold temps would slow down the metabolism way down and it would barely move, much less eat or drink, but then again you would not have to worry about them surviving in your home if that were the case.
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The idea that roaches are indestructable is a myth or "urban legend". Some will die in a day or two, other species may be able to go a few months, but then die none the less.
However, if you wanted to perpetuate the myth, you could microwave a Periplaneta sp. roach for 2 minutes and it will survive most microwave ovens. If you microwave a small mouse for the same time in the same oven it will not survive....
Is that really true?
It might be.
Microwaves produce wavelengths of energy that touch only certain parts of the microwaving chamber. The roach, feeling the heat generated at certain parts of the microwave, could scurry into a corner of the chamber and survive.
(That's why there's a spinny plate in microwaves; otherwise your food would get burned on one portion and be perfectly cold on another.) ;D
YAY SCIENCE!!!
Microwaves produce wavelengths of energy that touch only certain parts of the microwaving chamber. The roach, feeling the heat generated at certain parts of the microwave, could scurry into a corner of the chamber and survive.
(That's why there's a spinny plate in microwaves; otherwise your food would get burned on one portion and be perfectly cold on another.) ;D
YAY SCIENCE!!!