Farmers helper: the flying cockroach By BETSY BLANEY, Associated Press Writer Mon Mar 3, 6:57 AM ET
LUBBOCK, Texas - Loathed by homeowner and restaurateur, the lowly cockroach is gaining some respect in the agricultural community. Researchers in South Texas are beginning to sing the praises of a flying cockroach from Asia that has shown a voracious appetite for pests that plague farmers. They concede, however, that most people would still be revolted at the sight of the helpful predat...
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I have five H. spinifer (or longimanus, kindof hard to tell) of mixed genders that I've been keeping in two seperate colonies for some time now. I decided yesterday to try merging the whole lot of them in one large storage bin to give them some more legroom and save me some space and cleaning effort. The bin is about the same floorspace as a 30g aquarium but wider by about 3" (depth-wise) and obviously significantly shallower. I set it up with three large hides, some grapevine, a mossy area...
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