Bit by Hissing cockroach!

[Tarantula Trooper]

I was wondering if anybody here at TF has been bitten by a hissing cockroach. I can tell you now they can bite. Lol. Nothing terrible but will get your attention. Full grown female. I think she thought I was something to eat!!! Poor girl!! Lol

 

[m0lsx]

Mine have never nipped & my daughter's school used to have some as school pets & as far as I know they never bit either.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Mine have never nipped & my daughter's school used to have some as school pets & as far as I know they never bit either.

Reason I think it was food driven is I hadn't feed the hissers in a good minute so I had a big slice of apple for them. Mind you I'm barefooted and in my warm up pants. Fed the apple, left the T room and evidently she escaped on to me hitching a ride. I'm watching TV and a sharp but growing pain in my upper ankle, that at first felt like a mosquito growing to flea level then beyond got my attention. I look and it's a full grown female hisser lol. Think she thought I might taste good! Good thing I stopped her!!!!!!

 

[Ratmosphere]

I would have been freaked out from that!

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Didn't freak me out but was very surprised! Lol. Handled her before and never a issue. Never heard of these guys intentionally biting. I think she was hungry and a bit confused. Lol. I also think if left to her work the pain would have definitely got worse as well.

 

[Jeef]

If it has mouth parts, it can bite. That goes for every single animal.

That said, my Asbolus verrucosus (blue death feigning beetles) try to bite sometimes. They can't get ahold of the skin on my hands, but you can definitely see those little mandibles going to work.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

If it has mouth parts, it can bite. That goes for every single animal.

That said, my Asbolus verrucosus (blue death feigning beetles) try to bite sometimes. They can't get ahold of the skin on my hands, but you can definitely see those little mandibles going to work.

Yeah they have some knarly mouth parts but usually they don't bite. I have no doubt these guys could lay a good lick on you if they wanted though.

 

[Spyderdune]

I was wondering if anybody here at TF has been bitten by a hissing cockroach. I can tell you now they can bite. Lol. Nothing terrible but will get your attention. Full grown female. I think she thought I was something to eat!!! Poor girl!! Lol

That's crazy, I've never heard of that before, thanx for the HEADS UP!!

 

[Le_kelscifer]

I've had a Madagascar hisser colony for 4/5 years. I keep them as pets. I've never been bitten. I will say their leg spikes are gnarly and don't feel great. This is a random story but reminded me. When I was younger I put on my shoes, started walking, got a sharp awful pain, took my shoe off, shake it. Out falls a lightening bug. Those mfers can bite! That respect has remained.

 

[Le_kelscifer]

Bruh, I thought this was a new post! Hahaha.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

I've had a Madagascar hisser colony for 4/5 years. I keep them as pets. I've never been bitten. I will say their leg spikes are gnarly and don't feel great. This is a random story but reminded me. When I was younger I put on my shoes, started walking, got a sharp awful pain, took my shoe off, shake it. Out falls a lightening bug. Those mfers can bite! That respect has remained.

As the old saying goes: If it's got a mouth (or mouth parts) it can bite! Lol. I hadn't fed the hissers when she bit so I'm sure it was feeding response... Lol. Still ain't figured out how exactly she got out!!

 

[Eighth Eye Blind]

Just hope she wasn't radioactive. You don't want to turn into Hisser Man. (Although the royalties from a Hisser Man movie franchise would probably be sweet!).

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Just hope she wasn't radioactive. You don't want to turn into Hisser Man. (Although the royalties from a Hisser Man movie franchise would probably be sweet!).

Believe I would prefer a radioactive T but that gig has been had for over 50 years now in the form of Spiderman! Don't think Hisserman has quite the ring!! Lol,lol! Your super power could loud ,explosive air burst!! Lol!

 

[Jeef]

At least it wasn't the roaches from Damnation Alley.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Those would be radioactive roaches !! Lol! Seen that movie back when it came out .

 

[Ben Affleck]

Insects are inherently dangerous. They can bite and spread diseases. Don’t allow your intellect overcome your instincts. We were designed with and have further evolved instincts of fear and disgust over insects for good reasons. Instincts always trump intellect because instincts were designed by a higher power and evolved over eons. Therefore keeping instincts as pets should be strictly prohibited, and eating them should be forbidden in most cases. This keeping of insects as pets risks infesting homes and even neighbourhoods. And with all the restrictions and bans on effective pesticides infestations are difficult and in some cases impossible to get rid of (bring back DDT !). I know because the apartment building I live in has cockroaches and worst of all bedbugs, they were here when I moved in. Having bedbugs is almost like having a communicable disease because they will get on you and they can get transferred to other people’s homes. Once they get a foothold they are almost impossible to get rid of. Well not actually impossible; you need a powerful pesticide like DDT in mist form repeatedly until they are all gone. The only pesticide you can get in Canada now (the exterminator can’t use either) are not powerful enough and misting isn’t allowed.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Insects are inherently dangerous. They can bite and spread diseases. Don’t allow your intellect overcome your instincts. We were designed with and have further evolved instincts of fear and disgust over insects for good reasons. Instincts always trump intellect because instincts were designed by a higher power and evolved over eons. Therefore keeping instincts as pets should be strictly prohibited, and eating them should be forbidden in most cases. This keeping of insects as pets risks infesting homes and even neighbourhoods. And with all the restrictions and bans on effective pesticides infestations are difficult and in some cases impossible to get rid of (bring back DDT !). I know because the apartment building I live in has cockroaches and worst of all bedbugs, they were here when I moved in. Having bedbugs is almost like having a communicable disease because they will get on you and they can get transferred to other people’s homes. Once they get a foothold they are almost impossible to get rid of. Well not actually impossible; you need a powerful pesticide like DDT in mist form repeatedly until they are all gone. The only pesticide you can get in Canada now (the exterminator can’t use either) are not powerful enough and misting isn’t allowed.

Sorry for your infestation problems! Try more spiders .

 

[m0lsx]

I know because the apartment building I live in has cockroaches and worst of all bedbugs, they were here when I moved in. Having bedbugs is almost like having a communicable disease because they will get on you and they can get transferred to other people’s homes. Once they get a foothold they are almost impossible to get rid of. Well not actually impossible; you need a powerful pesticide like DDT in mist form repeatedly until they are all gone. The only pesticide you can get in Canada now (the exterminator can’t use either) are not powerful enough and misting isn’t allowed.

Heat is the best extermination method for bed bugs & far better than pesticides, as it kills all life stages. Eggs included. And pesticides tend not to effect eggs normally.

Edited to add. Thanks to extensive use of DDT in the 1950's DDT is no longer effective on bedbugs as they, as with some other species, had built up a resistance to it. In fact in the late 1950's pest control experts, who still at that time, had access to DDT. Were recommending, that we not use it, as it had become so ineffective.

 

[Tarantula Trooper]

Heat is the best extermination method for bed bugs & far better than pesticides, as it kills all life stages. Eggs included. And pesticides tend not to effect eggs normally.

Edited to add. Thanks to extensive use of DDT in the 1950's DDT is no longer effective on bedbugs as they, as with some other species, had built up a resistance to it. In fact in the late 1950's pest control experts, who still at that time, had access to DDT. Were recommending, that we not use it, as it had become so ineffective.

Wasn't going to give Troll that much reply...lol.