On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:55:22 -0700, Jim Clark wrote: [snip] >...Another interesting observation >was that there did not appear to be any "matter" excreted by the cockroach >during the entire time, at least as far as I remember. Do insects in general >or cockroaches in particular excrete waste matter?
Okay, for everything you ever wanted to know about insect poop, see: Weiss, M. R. (2006). Defecation behavior and ecology of insects. * Annu. Rev. Entomol.*, *51*, 635-661. http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.ento.49.061802.123212 Cockroach poop and "frass" are actually very problematic substances because they are triggers for asthma; for a review, see: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11882-012-0276-1/fulltext.html For more general information on these bugs, see this page from Cornell U: http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/whats_bugging_you/cockroaches/ For a somewhat humorous take on "frass" (remnants of cockroach poop) see this entomologist view of it and, I am not kidding, German cooking: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&ved=0CEgQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.entsoc.org%2FPDF%2FPubs%2FPeriodicals%2FAE%2FAE-2003%2Ffall%2FBuzzwords.pdf&ei=gEi7UaCWMbi24AOPuoGQDw&usg=AFQjCNEOQiZ2tHjr8rkaK08ggu_2Zyh3CQ&sig2=PRWga5eMZPyNxJ9JORkjKQ I think it's funnier if one is German. Or maybe not. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=26071 or send a blank email to leave-26071-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
