Pests and Electronic recycling

**bjybjy** · 12-07-2011, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee

bjybjy, what about the insects or eggs that we can't see with the naked eye ? I've been itching all over since I first read this post !!

It is always a possibility. The good news is that many of the old computers we buy probably havn't been turned on in a long time so the chance of stuff like roaches moving into them is less. The heat produced by working systems would be more likely to attract them. The cold metal frames of an idle computer are less inviting. Things like cardboard boxes are really bad for transporting roach cases though, they'll crawl into all the little holes in between the layers of cardboard and lay egg cases. Microwaves are always bad. In college when I needed to find roaches for my collections I would always check under microwaves, easiest place to find them.

**GeorgeB** · 12-07-2011, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by bjybjy

Microwaves are always bad. In college when I needed to find roaches for my collections I would always check under microwaves, easiest place to find them.

Why were you collecting roaches for?

**bjybjy** · 12-07-2011, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Why were you collecting roaches for?

I was an entomology major in college so many of my classes required an insect collection. Cockroaches are their own order of insects, so it was all but mandatory to have this representation in most of the collections I did.

**GeorgeB** · 12-07-2011, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by bjybjy

I was an entomology major in college so many of my classes required an insect collection. Cockroaches are their own order of insects, so it was all but mandatory to have this representation in most of the collections I did.

Understandable. Some bugs are good, and others just nasty

**bjybjy** · 12-07-2011, 08:02 PM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

Understandable. Some bugs are good, and others just nasty

Most species of roaches are actually pretty cool and really beneficial for nature... only a few species are pests to humans but those few give the entire group a bad reputation.

Nerdy insect plug you might enjoy: Here is a youtube video about a really cool species of wasp where the female stings cockroaches in the head and basically turns them into zombies which she can then lead back to her nest and lay eggs on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...ture=endscreen

**GeorgeB** · 12-08-2011, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by bjybjy

Most species of roaches are actually pretty cool and really beneficial for nature... only a few species are pests to humans but those few give the entire group a bad reputation.

Nerdy insect plug you might enjoy: Here is a youtube video about a really cool species of wasp where the female stings cockroaches in the head and basically turns them into zombies which she can then lead back to her nest and lay eggs on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=...ture=endscreen

Why would a wasp use a roach for a nesting ground? lol