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Greetings, I would like to ask if we were to set up a cockroach farm to process organic waste, which species would we choose for their voracity?. Thanks

Dear Colleagues: I am sending you a new article on blaticomposting. I hope you find it useful. Best regards D https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12649-023-02092-w

Dear Colleagues: I am sending you the first news about blatticomposting that appeared in the press in the region of Extremadura (Southwest Spain). It is a sparsely populated region with a lot of agricultural and livestock activity. We are promoting food waste recycling initiatives with...

Our first paper on blatticomposting  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12649-022-01849-z

Best regards. I would like to ask if anyone has information on the depth at which nymphs of different species are buried. In a large bucket in which I accumulate blatticompost I have observed that Pycnoscelus can appear up to 50 cm deep but do not reach the bottom of the bucket which is at 65...

Cork is ideal. Lightweight, non-combustible, thermal and acoustic insulation, beautiful...

Dear forum members. I am compiling some rough data on cockroach reproduction for my Environmental Biotechnology classes. We are talking about blatticompost and the use of cockroaches to process waste. As an introduction to the topic I am interested in some reproduction data on some species. I...

Dear Colleagues:  I have recently acquired some rather large 80x60x42 cm (31.5x23.6x16.5 ") stackable plastic boxes. I had intended to move my Eublaberus spp "Ivory" there but have found that there is condensation. I do not want to open new holes because I do not want to leak or weaken the...

Hi. I have kept for a while Aeluropoda insignis, Eublaberus "ivory" and Blaptica dubia together. In the end I have left the three species Eublaberus alone. I don't see that in terms of composting I would contribute anything by mixing them. There were also isopods and mealworms in small numbers...

Dear forum: I would like to comment on an observation I made with my Aeluropoda. When I put fresh vegetables on them they take a long time to eat. If I put partially poached vegetables into them after they have been stored for a few days in a plastic container, they eat them immediately. Since...

Dear colleagues: My name is Daniel Patón and I am a professor of Ecology at the University of Extremadura (Spain). I teach two subjects Environmental Biotechnology and Experimental Techniques in Ecology. My specialization is the analysis of environmental data. I am interested in invertebrate...