Louisiana roach hunting

Matttoadman

Matttoadman

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Anyone live or had experiance roach hunting in Louisiana? My parents live on the edge of a bayou just south of Lafayette. I went there in September and only found mosquitos and super smelling millipedes. Perhaps the constant spraying of the mosquitos was the reason. Strange how the spray killed everything but. Would there be a better time of year to find some? We were there during a love bug frenzy, that was fun lol.

 
Well I've never been there myself, but it sounds like a nice place to find some roaches. You have some nice species there, Pseudomops septentrionalis, Panchlora nivea, Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, Euthlastoblatta gemma, Blattela asahinai, etc. A really nice variety of roaches!

 
Sweet! Sounds like I need to flip over the trash along the road sides? I wasn't into roaches when I was there, I was in frog mode. Looks like I need rubber gloves next time.

 
Yup, rocks, pieces of wood and other debris are a good place to start. Some species may be attracted to lights as well.

 
You might have some luck finding Parcoblatta divisa, Parcoblatta zebra, Panchlora nivea, and Euthlastoblatta gemma by stripping off barks from trees. A friend of mine collected the first three species this way and bugguide has a record of E. gemma from LA.

 
I like to use tough gardening gloves. It helps a lot during cold days, too. They don't tear up when I dig through leaf litter. If you are there during the summer time you can maybe catch some Chorisoneura going through dead leaves stuck on living leaves several feet above the ground where you can reach the leaves on sweetgum trees if those are abundant in Louisiana area.

 
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Hisserdude said:
Well I've never been there myself, but it sounds like a nice place to find some roaches. You have some nice species there, Pseudomops septentrionalis, Panchlora nivea, Ischnoptera deropeltiformis, Euthlastoblatta gemma, Blattela asahinai, etc. A really nice variety of roaches!
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I live in Denham Springs, LA and I've seen all those you've listed. Some on a regular basis :)

 
Has anyone ever tried baiting for roaches? I've never tried, but I bet multitudes of species would be attracted to beer and molasses baits. A mixture of wine, yeast, and fruit might also be effective. If anyone lives down South, it'd be interesting if you would tell us what baits attract roaches.

 
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