[Entm-researchstaff] Madagascar hisser and discoid giveaway

[Christiane Weirauch]

Thanks to those of you who have already adopted hissers and discoids. Not
too late yet:

*What:* free discoids and Madagascar hissers
*When:* *Friday October 18th 11AM-noon* and *Monday October 21st 1-2PM*
*Where: *Room 312 in Entomology
*What to bring: *you need to bring an enclosure or plastic container that
will house the roaches on your way home

Best wishes, Christiane

On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 3:58 PM Christiane Weirauch <
christiane.weirauch at ucr.edu> wrote:

> Hello entomologists,
>
> The Entomology Outreach colonies of discoid roaches
> <https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/494430-Blaberus-discoidalis> and Madagascar
> hissing roaches
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar_hissing_cockroach#/media/File:Female_Madagascar_hissing_cockroach.JPG>
> have been doing excessively well, so we are organizing a giveaway.
>
> *What:* free discoids and Madagascar hissers
> *When:* *Friday October 18th 11AM-noon* and *Monday October 21st 1-2PM*
> *Where: *Room 312 in Entomology
> *What to bring: *you need to bring an enclosure or plastic container that
> will house the roaches on your way home
>
> Here is a care sheet for the Madagascar hisser
> <https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/madagascar-hissing-cockroaches-information-and-care.html>;
> we keep and feed discoids the same way.
>
> Thanks for considering giving these critters a good new home! :-)
>
> Best wishes, Christiane
> --
> Christiane Weirauch
> Professor of Entomology
> Department of Entomology
> University of California, Riverside
>
> Ph: 951-827-5707
> Email: christiane.weirauch at ucr.edu <Christiane.weirauch at ucr.edu>
> https://profiles.ucr.edu/christiane.weirauch
> Center for Integrative Biological Collections http://cibc.ucr.edu/
> Editor, Systematic Entomology
> <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-3113>
> President, International Heteropterists' Society (2022-2026)
>


-- 
Christiane Weirauch
Professor of Entomology
Department of Entomology
University of California, Riverside

Ph: 951-827-5707
Email: christiane.weirauch at ucr.edu <Christiane.weirauch at ucr.edu>
https://profiles.ucr.edu/christiane.weirauch
Center for Integrative Biological Collections http://cibc.ucr.edu/
Editor, Systematic Entomology
<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1365-3113>
President, International Heteropterists' Society (2022-2026)
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