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Article: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGISTS WARN FLORIDIANS NEW ROACHES MAY BE ON WAY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 8, 2008
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The University of Florida issued the following news release:
As if Floridians aren't bugged enough by roaches, a growing interest among reptile enthusiasts to farm the insects as lizard food could result in several new cockroach varieties invading the state, University of Florida entomologists warn.
Phil Koehler and Roberto Pereira, researchers with UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, wrote an article in last month's Florida Pest Pro magazine, alerting pest control operators and homeowners to be on the lookout for several new species of cockroach.
Their main worry is the Turkestan cockroach, which has made itself at home in the southwest United States after being brought in by ...