B.giganteus cold resistance?

Keith said:
Yes they are extremely prone to drop in temp and cold weather
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woah woah hang on a minute

i had my roaches in my shed for the summer and after halloween i cleaned out the shed to put stuff in it (my roaches were long back in the house) and i found an escaped B.fusca female on a chair, half frozen but still alive

she revived within 3 hours and is still alive today

 
Well how cold is it?

Just for fun.

I have found blaberus spp in Miami..it hit 29 F in 2010 there was iggs falling from trees and burms frozen to the road that year. I am sure the roaches and all the exotherms found deep stable shelter to ride it out.

 
Alex said:
Well how cold is it?

Just for fun.

I have found blaberus spp in Miami..it hit 29 F in 2010 there was iggs falling from trees and burms frozen to the road that year. I am sure the roaches and all the exotherms found deep stable shelter to ride it out.
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some come from temperate areas and have to be more cold tolerant

 
I don't know which species of blaberus come from temperate areas...and what I posted is just a report of what I have seen and found in my state.

 
The buyer let me know he got a shipment of B.dubia from WI last week which all arrived fine, so I decided to risk it.

He just pmed me to let me know they all made it. They were all basically in suspended animation from the cold, but he got them warmed up and they're moving around.

 
jebbewocky said:
The buyer let me know he got a shipment of B.dubia from WI last week which all arrived fine, so I decided to risk it.

He just pmed me to let me know they all made it. They were all basically in suspended animation from the cold, but he got them warmed up and they're moving around.
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Thank goodness! Glad to hear!
 
I had B.giganteus nymphs survive all winter in a container on the side of my house. I thought I got them all out. The temps sometimes got down to 25 F at night but would come up to the 50's during the day. In the spring I found 20-30 small nymphs...all alive.

 
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