The lesser siren is an interesting amphibian. They have very short limbs, gills, and can endure periods of drought by borrowing into the mud. In fact, the pictures below were taken from a drainage ditch in the Midwest which is quite likely to experience droughts at times. The ditch appeared to contain a significant number of them and I was able to capture some by dipnetting at night with a flashlight for illumination. Please note that the animals were released exactly was found and were only kept, in a plastic container that had never been exposed to soaps or chemicals of any kind, for a few moments.
With the rise of roaches as feeders, it can be confusing to know which roach species is best for your situation. Should you use dubia roaches or turkistan roaches? The species I am discussing here are Blatta lateralis and Blaptica dubia. Will roaches infest your house? The first and most common question I get on these roaches is of course whether or not they will invest one's home. Unless your house is hot and covered in rotting food, I do not think the dubia roach poses any risk of infestation. Their life cycles are too long, they breed too slowly, and they are too poor at escaping to ever establish any kind of a infestation in a normal household. The Turkistan roach poses more of a question. They breed much faster, grow faster, and if there are places that they can get food and moisture, there is a chance they could infest your home. My gut instinct is that they also will not infest the average home but if your house is not kept clean, the odds probably go up that egg case...
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