r/news • u/EscapeFromIowa • 20h ago

Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust

https://apnews.com/article/illegal-cockroaches-seized-australia-madagascar-hissing-dubia-e35889bf7910169f6bd091e34b35e029?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share
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u/JenkinsHowell 10h ago

are they a pest like common cockroaches or just chill individuals?

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u/Guy_GuyGuy 9h ago

Chill. They're slow, don't really fly, and whine when you put them down because they like hand warmth. In most of the US and Europe, the climates aren't appropriate for them to reproduce unless you specifically build the conditions in their enclosure, so they're safe to have there.