Zeus & Hercules - Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

For Winter semester 2011, Ali, Hannah, Lene, and Misty entertained pet cockroaches. Madagascar hissing cockroaches to be exact. Zeus (the biggest) and Hercules. We kept them for one week each on rotation; fed them, and observed them. Once in a while we would do small experiments with them, and record their behavior. This was all for our Life Science Project in Dr. Cantrell's class, and a very interesting project it was indeed. Have fun reading about our experience.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

I put the cage by the fire last night to see if they'd like the warmth --- neither of them came out of the tube. But when I woke up this morning, Zeus was stuck half-way between the tube and plastic wall; they seem to have a hard time coming out of the tube. Maybe I'll cut it down and then they will come out more. Truthfully, they rarely come out, only in the dark.