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Anyone else spot cockroachs in the house?

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    #32
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    BrianD3 wrote: »
    Are you sure it was a cockroach. There are several largish species of beetle in Ireland that don't really look like a cockroach but can produce a "look at that big horrible yoke" type reaction.

    I posted this a couple of days ago in the Nature forum. This thing was about 1.5 inches long
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057478914

    Know I just don't know what I seen at all! Haha


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    BrianD3 wrote: »
    Are you sure it was a cockroach. There are several largish species of beetle in Ireland that don't really look like a cockroach but can produce a "look at that big horrible yoke" type reaction.

    I posted this a couple of days ago in the Nature forum. This thing was about 1.5 inches long
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057478914


    Wondering this myself, the only times in Ireland I've ever seen cockroaches like ones you would see on holidays have been in city centre on a summers day, near bins...

    Remember that O Brien's in Stephens Green shopping centre was shut down for a cockroach infestation a few years back? Eugh...


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    They quite uncommon and often mis-identified. Where they do occur it's due to dirt and poor hygiene.


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    ronan45
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    Never saw a CockRoach in Ireland.... I didnt know they were possible to get here, but i assume they are much smaller than the ones in my apartment in spain from years ago they were like small mice:O


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    A very long time ago one of my sister lived in Hackney in London, you would see monster cockroaches no matter how much you cleaned and disinfected the place and always in the kitchen and Bathroom for some reason and never in the bedroom or living room.


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    harry Bailey esq
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    The basement in the joy,where the big holding cells are located are infested with them,I hear.


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    They have come into Ireland from hot countries in suitcase when people travel, also those large cheap rich sacks can have them. They usually die out in winter.


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    donegaLroad wrote: »
    Im the same as you OP, I didnt think you could get them in Ireland.

    When I was in university, we were dissecting cockroaches. Our lecturer mentioned that over the years there'd been a few that got loose & some have survived on the campus, but were unlikely to spread. For some reason, she didn't seem concerned about introducing a new species into Ireland!!:)

    Maybe posters here are right in that they can't survive our winters but I thought they were a hardy bunch.


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    Potatoeman wrote: »
    They have come into Ireland from hot countries in suitcase when people travel, also those large cheap rich sacks can have them. They usually die out in winter.

    They most certainly don't die out in winter. They enter a state of semi hibernation. They survive winter in the Northern United States, which are much colder than here.


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    Rhys Essien
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    Fun Fact - Cockroaches can survive a nuclear bomb.


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    Rhys Essien wrote: »
    Fun Fact - Cockroaches can survive a nuclear bomb.

    Fun Urban Myth actually.


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    Faith Tinkling Soprano wrote: »
    Fun Urban Myth actually.

    Not really.
    Humans can only survive 400-1000 rads before death. Cockroaches can survive up to 10 times as much as a human. So around 10,000 rads. That because they have much slower cell division and more protection around their live cells. They dont molt much either.
    But that's for adult cockroaches. More than 90% of immature cockroaches would die.


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    Menas wrote: »
    Not really.
    Humans can only survive 400-1000 rads before death. Cockroaches can survive up to 10 times as much as a human. So around 10,000 rads. That because they have much slower cell division and more protection around their live cells. They dont molt much either.
    But that's for adult cockroaches. More than 90% of immature cockroaches would die.
    Estimated air dose of gamma rays: Hiroshima: 10,300 rads; Nagasaki: 25,100 rads. Estimated neutron dosages: Hiroshima, 14,100 rads; . Modern nuclear devices are higher.


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    Menas
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    Faith Tinkling Soprano wrote: »
    Estimated air dose of gamma rays: Hiroshima: 10,300 rads; Nagasaki: 25,100 rads. Estimated neutron dosages: Hiroshima, 14,100 rads; . Modern nuclear devices are higher.

    Yes, at the epicentre and surrounding area.
    But in a nuclear fall out the rad levels would not be that high over all the land on earth. It varies. There are not enough devices on earth to ensure total coverage of >10k rads.
    It would be high enough everywhere to kill most living things but low enough (10k or less) in places to allow our cockroach friends to survive.
    For a while at least. :)


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