I deal with this species daily. The roaches are in the planting mulch in the
pots. Get the plants out and wash away the soil. All pots should be empty and
all soil heat treated to 145 f for 4 hours or frozen for a week. Then you can
pot the plants. Keep pots off ground and apply cockroach b
Hi Jef,I’ll give a try at helping you out. I’m new into the world of horticultural IPM, but have had to inspect a few truckloads of plants from California and Florida. When we scout the plants for pests, we’re usually finding insects harmful to the plant. Occasionally we’ll get an anole lizard pop
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
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 no
