Saw this on SW Forum
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080303/farm_scene_helpful_roaches.html?.v=4
Roaches for your garden?
Gross, but it may have possibilities!. Now if they would just go after fire ants and grasshoppers.
I would be willing to let them stay if they went after fire ants and would promise to be out of sight when I am in the garden because even if they are beneficial, they are still GROSS! LOL
Nothing is quite as gross as a leaf-footed bug. They will destroy a tomato crop, and are really hard to kill as adults.
If these roaches would eat those eggs, I would be very happy to have them.
The only roaches I want in the garden are dead ones... they can be compost! Sorry... LOL
Bubba,
I discovered something that's guaranteed to kill a leaf-footed stinkbug. It's called a "Bic fireplace lighter.'"
Sorry, you can't promise they aren't in the houses in the areas where they are using them for farming. (((((shutter!!!!))))
Having lived in Houston in the 70s, I wouldn't think anyone down there would welcome more roaches. Also I hate to see an insect begin multiplying that fast and destroying other species (even the the pesty kind) as they spread.
GG,
Sort of like DFIL's fire ant killer - rock and a hammer. LMAO.
Ah, this may be what I have found under my leaves and much. When I water in the daytime, they come up from under the leaves and mulch. I have never seen them in my house. I do not know if they are good or bad guys so I just leave them alone because they do not appear to be harming anything. I sure hope that they are the insect eaters. I have never seen them flying around at night; however, I have seen them venturing out from under the leaves. Thanks for above the link..
This message was edited Mar 6, 2008 10:32 AM
i hate cockroackes too but these guys need to be tolerated. i recently read somewhere that the pesticides they were using on cotton were disaster for our soil. i had always used the lint from my dryer in compost but not any more. it also said that cotton bolls should not be used unless they could be guaranteed organic. it further stated that these pesticides were making the soil so that it could NEVER be used again!
i know i am not saying it right but i can find the article for anyone interested. so to me if these unsightly creatures can reduce the amt. of pesticides used then we need to get the word out.