Too hot for roaches?

[cacoseraph]

for what its worth, i used to keep my dubia colony outside in the shade and out of the way of rain during the summer where I live. Keep in mind I live in the South and the temperatures were about 90, and each day is super humid, like %80-90. Dont believe the humidity? ask someone from Florida, Georgia, or Louisiana... it's a different type of heat than you guys out west have.

During the peak of summer I can even walk to my car without breaking a sweat.

They did seem to breed a lot faster when kept warmer, but it ultimately wasnt worth the risk of ants or other bugs getting in their bins so I now keep them inside.

You should come down to South Florida and tell that to the meteorologists, I think they will laugh at you.

Tabor has the right idea. It seems to get more humid as it gets hotter down here, it's ridiculous. He is also right about walking to your car and sweating bullets from the seconds of being outside.

i hope you two are joking

of course i know it gets hot and humid in the south. *i* have done research on these things =P

having a car in CA getting hot has NOTHING to do with weather conditions in florida or whatever... in most parts of CA the only time we have a high RH is when it is cold. (that should blow your minds =P ). please do a bit of research on RH. the amusing thing is that i suspect at least one of you has given a fair amount of advice on RH without actually understanding what they were talking about in the least

 

[blazetown]

I dont think that humidity was the problem.

Im not even sure they got "cooked", as they were still kinda alive.
The males were daed for sure, but the females were on their backs and could move their legs, but would not crawl or move.
ALL the nymphs were just fine!

Its more like they suffered neurological damage . . .

That is weird. I wonder if that would be from chemicals in the interior air like Caco said. I wouldn't be surprised if what he said was true. I wonder if the heat gave them brain damage? You would think that the nymphs would die aswell though. I wonder if some noxious shite was spawned in your car or maybe some free radicals.

http://environment.about.com/od/pollution/a/toxic_cars.htm

 

[Pacmaster]

It is a 15 year old car, there is no more of that going on I think, it smells like cigarettes.

I think it was because they couldnt escape the heat, it wasnt enought to kill all of them, but enought to mess em up good . . .

Id be willing to bet it was like a "microwave" effect, theyre internal temps got too high and caused irrepairable damage.


I did learn my lesson about the car, but the colonies are still outside and have had no more problems, the remaining dubias are still reproducing at a tremendous rate, have gotten a bunch of males from the bigger nymphs, and the amount of smaller ones is incredible.

The lobsters love it outside too!

 

[cacoseraph]

errr.... nicotine is a pretty effective pesticide, iirc

and cars continue to outgas plasticizers until they have none left... at that point the plastic is terribly brittle and somewhat useless


i think your car gets pretty toxic when it warms up!

 

[Matt K]

I might also add that when you have any heat (roaches generate heat en mass) in addition, improper ventilation, a buildup of CO2 in a tub (which is heavier than other components in air) there will be dead roaches. Again, I cant see why you would not keep your roaches in the house with the rest of your livestock....

 

[Pacmaster]

and cars continue to outgas plasticizers until they have none left... at that point the plastic is terribly brittle and somewhat useless

Thats about where its at

 

[cacoseraph]

Thats about where its at

i just rebuilt my center console out of fiberglass =P