• rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de
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    7 months ago

    Never had any cockroaches (do they even exist in Germany?) but I have those from time to time in my basement. Not sure what they eat there.

    • Fosheze@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      They eat anything that is smaller than they are legs included. They’ll eat anything from bed bugs to spiders. I even saw one chewing of a wasp at one point.

    • Mannimarco@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      There’s 100% cockroaches in Germany, there is literally a species of cockroach called “german cockroach”

      • AWildMimicAppears@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        7 months ago

        yeah, they were first believed to have originated from germany; currently science places them as an southeast asian expatriate with a pit stop in NE africa. It’s too cold for them to live outside of human settlements in germany, although i’m pretty sure that will change in the next years, and then the name fits at last.

        • MeanEYE@lemmy.world
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          7 months ago

          Very much so but people often kill them for looking nasty. When in reality they totally depend on humans to survive. And provide nothing else than benefits to us. They need warmth of our homes and very specific climate. They can’t survive outdoors.

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          7 months ago

          By their nature they won’t actually eliminate an infestation. They are territorial so they won’t ever have the population numbers to eliminate populations of other bugs. They are, at best, an indicator that you need an exterminator soon.

    • flora_explora@beehaw.org
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      7 months ago

      Depends what you mean by cockroach. I haven’t seen the pests around. But there are some smaller ones that are sometimes also found inside the house. I frequently find this one in my home for example, which is really cute <3