Cockroach? Does Ireland have cockroaches?

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119005071#Comment_119005071

It's an old wives tale. Plenty of physics types have done experiments where they irradiated colonies of cockroaches with gamma rays, which would be emitted from the fallout of a nuclear strike and they died in short order, just like everything else.

But yes, there are cockroaches in Ireland, on a small scale. Could be worse, we don't have cicadas or murder hornets. Those f*ckers are scary.

TheIrishGrover

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119005005#Comment_119005005

Hate them. A friend of mine from Argentina said there is a saying there that roughly translates to something like "Men are manly men until a cockroach flies". I thought that was hilarious.

John_Rambo

Anywhere where it's constantly warm. Apartment buildings and large kitchens. They love grease seemingly.

holliehobbie

When I was a student nurse many moons ago there was an infestation of the buggers. I won’t say where though in case anyone is squeamish.

Goodigal

Plenty of cockroaches in the premises I inspected in Dublin in the last few years. You tap the fridge or freezer motor and the lads drop onto the floor from their lovely warm habitat. Not a very pleasant thing to see!! But I never saw one flying which is a relief because I would have been screeching!

fryup

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119030696#Comment_119030696

you're a health inspector?? any horror stories?

Captain Barnacles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119030846#Comment_119030846

It needs it's own thread..

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119004122#Comment_119004122

Doesn't look like a cockroach. I used to live in a place where flying cockroaches were common enough... they are misnamed though and should be called 'Tumbling Inelegantly To The Ground While Flailing Around Stupidly Cockroaches'

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119024278#Comment_119024278

Small creatures with the ability to adapt quickly to their changing environment is essentially where that story originated from - assuming there will be pockets of less infected areas post nuclear holocaust, the smaller the animal - cock roaches , ants etc- the better the chances of adapting

Kintarō Hattori

They certainly are in Ireland, though perhaps not so much in the wild. Over a decade ago my partner and I rented an apartment in the New Hardwick on Church Street Upper in Dublin. Not long after moving in we discovered little cockroaches in the kitchen. You'd sit in the living room in the evening and see them moving across the living room floor.

It was an uphill battle to contact the letting agency/landlord to get it sorted. Eventually the pest agency OWL came into the building on a number of occasions to treat it. I got speaking to one of the chaps and he said they were Asian coackroaches and that the building was infested with them, saying that they were in the pipes and once there, you'd never get them out.

The woman who lived in the apartment opposite us had a much worse time and moved out long before we did.

fryup

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

yikes! sounds like a horror story😯

whisky_galore

Something something...the Dail. How unexpectedly witty.

barneyridg

You are so correct he is a cockroach 🪳 of the highest..- he is actually part of the s**m in RTE - Prime Time

kneemos

Used to be Beetles about when I was young. Haven't seen one since forever though.

Graces7

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119005115#Comment_119005115

My toes literally curled up when I saw this...

Many more in deep rural too. Although I very rarely see any " creepy crawlies" in the house... The cats do a great job. If it moves...

easygoing39

Is OliverShultz on crack?? Drags up an old thread to recommend a pest control company in the UK who will never be of any use to the 99% of Boards user's!!

Terrier2023

That is why the Aussies are soo hard on importing seeds and foods to their country as the eggs of insects can be lodged in food stuffs. I worked in food industry importing and often there were exotic ghekkos and lizards that came in in fruit & vegetable boxes you always had to contact dept of agriculture to collect and deal with them. So our need to eat soft fruits etc all year round increases the critters that get into the country.

Bobblehats

Some cockarouch of a main just asked if I remembered polly pocket. Virgin Media ,

CopperFaceZachs

Female cockroaches can fly and there are also transparent cockroaches that live underground, never seen the light of day! and yes, Ireland has cockroaches lol

StupidLikeAFox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120523180#Comment_120523180

It's a bot that is trying to increase search engine performance by peppering backings to site, on what is supposed to be a relevant discussion. Very sneaky

Aglomerado

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119004339#Comment_119004339

I had one last night. The cat went bonkers chasing it until I put it outside.

Gatling

I've only heard of them being here when they close restaurants and take aways on public health reasons,

Then again I never seen silverfish till I seen huge ones in an apartment recently

taxAHcruel

I copied the bugs guy from TCD and created a cockroach bin in my house. If they "bug" you then you probably do not want to see this - but he tweeted out a video of him inserting his hand into this bin and one of the roaches crawling up his arm. Great stuff to put on my herb and veg garden though. The noise when you add food to the bin is great :) Sound up for the tweet!

https://twitter.com/collieennis/status/1088227334874976256?s=20

I posted this on another thread just now and it fits here too. Includes a discussion of cockroach burgers. He also made a podcast partially about Cockroaches which was a good listen:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hIJPgHHIy0gkZCtRMmzdM

Dramatik

Plenty of them in the Guinness Storehouse, turn on the lights and they all go running. Rumour has it that the st. James gate was built to stop them from getting out

Boardnashea

This is what the OP was finding. Harmless creature. Comes out for a couple of weeks around now - hence the name.

I think they are wonderful. Beautiful antennae.

Cockchafer or Maybug as many above have said.

AllForIt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119004202#Comment_119004202

When I read that first time I understood you said they moved it to another room.