• The cockroaches do not react to light whenever I turn on my closet light where they were located. I am wondering if this is simply because they are used to natural light and being in the cage. I tested out my theory by using a flashlight and shinning light on them in the dark, but they both did not react
• Cleaning the cage was a lot of fun for me. Pete had some mites on him, so I took a damp paper towel and brushed off the mites. I let the cockroach’s fun around in a confined area, which Pete took advantage of, but Repeat would move here and there once in a while, but not consistently.
• I wanted to hear the cockroaches hiss so I would stroke their back until they did. Repeat took a lot of stroking to make him hiss, but Pete hissed right from the start.
• I did some research to find out why the cockroaches hiss, or how they made the sound and this is what I found out.
o Hissing plays an important role during male-male interactions. Hisses of males also contain information about the size of the male hissing, and may be used to assess the opponent’s size.
o Males also hiss during courtship interactions with females (Mating)
o The cockroaches make their sound by forcibly expelling air through a pair of modified abdominal spiracles (breathing pores)
• In observing the cockroaches I wondered how cockroaches mate. I read that males push up their abdomens under and along the female’s body until he engages the end of her abdomen
• Repeat cannot climb to many objects. I am wondering if that is because he is getting older, and the little claps he uses to climb, are not as sharp, or strong.
• Pete has no problem climbing any surface it seems like.
• I fed the cockroaches an apple, which they seemed to enjoy. I still could not tell if they were eating or drinking, or simply laying on the food
• In cleaning the cage, the Repeat was much more active when he did not have as much newspaper to hide under. He still moves very slow
• Pete tends to climb over Repeat if Repeat is ever in his way. Repeat does not hiss or do anything.
Meagan Miller
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