{"id":2287,"date":"2022-08-15T15:56:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2022-08-15T15:56:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T22:56:55","slug":"inspect-anything-you-bring-back-from-the-bay-area-for-turkestan-cockroaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/08\/15\/inspect-anything-you-bring-back-from-the-bay-area-for-turkestan-cockroaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspect Anything you Bring Back from the Bay Area for &#8220;Turkestan&#8221; Cockroaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Cris Alarcon, News@InEDC.com<\/pre>\n<p>(PLACERVILLE, CALIFORNIA) Aug 15, 2022 \u2014 As County News has reported previously, rat infestations are a growing problem across the state. Now neighborhoods have another proliferating pest to contend with \u2014 cockroaches.<\/p>\n<p>These aren\u2019t just any roaches. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Northern California has been invaded by a newer species, the Turkestan cockroach. You can thank warmer weather and the drought for that.<\/p>\n<p>Alameda County Vector Control received 33 calls related to Turkestan roaches over the past 18 months. Seven years ago, those calls were practically non-existent. Hot spots include Pleasanton, Livermore, Fremont and Union City. The bugs are also exploding in San Francisco, Shasta, and much of the Central Valley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is spreading throughout California chaparral, all over the Bay Area, all up into the dry arid parts of California,\u201d Chris Grinter, an entomologist and the California Academy of Sciences,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/california-turkestan-cockroach-17370885.php\">told the Chronicle<\/a>. \u201cHaving millions or billions of cockroaches overrun California is certainly an invasive behavior, but we don\u2019t yet know what their impact is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Grinter and Lynn Kimsey, an entomology professor at UC Davis, say there\u2019s no cause for panic. For the most part, they\u2019re just gross.<\/p>\n<p>The silver lining is that these buggers tend to stay outside. They\u2019re attracted to vegetation debris like decaying plants or fruit material, so it sounds like they\u2019re right in time for the state\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calrecycle.ca.gov\/organics\/slcp\/collection\/\">new composting law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Experts recommend giving them a good squish with a shoe rather than contaminating your property with insecticides. You can read more about the Turkestan cockroach and its physical characteristics\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orkin.com\/pests\/cockroaches\/turkestan-cockroaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern California has been invaded by a newer species. They\u2019re attracted to vegetation debris like decaying plants or fruit material. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2289,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287\/revisions\/2289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.inedc.com\/22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}