Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1987
HARBORAGE PREFERENCE BY PERIPLANETA AMERICANA (L.) AND PERIPLANETA FULIGINOSA (SERVILLE) (DICTYOPTERA: BLATTIDAE) IN A HOME IN CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA1
HARBORAGE PREFERENCE BY PERIPLANETA AMERICANA (L.) AND PERIPLANETA FULIGINOSA (SERVILLE) (DICTYOPTERA: BLATTIDAE) IN A HOME IN CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA1
Page Range: 39 – 44
A home in Clemson, South Carolina, known to be infested with Periplaneta americana (L.) and Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville), was partially dismantled and the harborage sites were identified. Periplaneta americana harborages centered around the basement furnace room and first floor bathroom. Periplaneta fuliginosa harborages were distributed more widely throughout the structure. Both species tended to center around moist areas of the house where the relative humidity and water availability were stable.
Keywords:
Periplaneta americana
;
Periplaneta fuliginosa
; harborage; oothecae
Copyright: © 1987 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Contributor Notes
1Technical Contribution No. 2557 of the South Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Clemson University.
Accepted: 06 Oct 1986