Re: Things to see, places to stay on Oahu, roaches

Cathy, cockroaches are not native to Hawaii but are the centipedes?  Also
when you said:

However, you also learned to recognize that if they were big, they were
refugees from outside, and if they were small, they were breeding in your
house and you had a problem

Were you talking about the roaches or geckos?

DF

cathy carpenter wrote:

> Almost all homes in Hawai'i are single wall construction (most with
> neither heat nor AC) and when you live there you get used to the
> cockroaches. Of course if I saw one it was DEAD! I even tolerated the
> geckos in the house, because I figured anything that might eat
> cockroaches couldn't be all bad.  (ie. call
> the exterminator!). I received for Christmas one year a book called "The
> Cockroach Combat Manual" that told me more than anyone would ever want
> to know about the beasts.  They have even made their way into local
> vernacular: to "cockaroach" means to steal. Now, let me tell you about
> the centipedes: somewhere between 6 - 12 inches long and impervious to
> any insecticide available to the general public - they literally have to
> be beaten to death.
> Cathy
> On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 02:46 PM, jim singer wrote:
>
> > one of the more interesting things at the national agricultural
> > research center in beltsville is the cockroach house. man, they've got
> > a zillion of different ones from all over the world--some so small you
> > can barely see them, some bigger than you hand.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index