Jef -
Your inquiry would take many pages for responding, but having been an
entomological consultant to the Philadelphia Zoo for many years, I can give you
a bit of help.
Surinam cockroaches are parthenogenic, i.e. no males, just females. They live
in the soil, so good luck on preventing them from moving from location to
location.
American and and Oriental cockroaches have males and females, both of which
produce egg capsules. The American females often glue their egg capsules to
objects or just drop them randomly. The Orientals simply drop them randomly.
Wasp egg parasites of both are fairly common. Perhaps some lab sells the
parasites on line.
2% Baygon bait is particularly good for knocking out Americans and Orientals
(cockroaches that is). Scattering small amounts in quiet corners is quite
effective, if no birds are around. Clean up the carcasses before introducing
birds or other mammals.
Tom Parker
On Monday, January 29, 2024 at 03:26:00 PM EST, Jef Taylor
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello everyone,My situation is probably different from most of you, as the
collection I protect consists of live animals. I work in a zoo, and read all of
your posts with bemused interest. I'm posting because I'm wondering if anyone
here knows of a standard protocol for ensuring live plants are not hosting
structural pests before they are moved from place to place.
My concern is that plants that are in place temporarily in a building infested
with American, Australian, and Surinam cockroaches, will serve as habitat for
these insects, and spread them to new places when those plants are installed in
a new building. I'm wondering if I need to research what port inspectors do to
prevent pest introductions with transcontinental commerce, or if there is
something available in the plant nursery industry.
I asked our horticulture curator, and did some basic googling, but I didn't get
too much from those resources.
Sorry if this is out of the usual parameters of this group, but I admire your
expertise and attention to detail and thought it was worth a try.
Jef C Taylor
IPM specialistZoo New England
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