Newly Arrived Cockroach Species Knows How to 'Hitchhike' to New Jersey
We don’t usually do PSAs, but in this case, FishbowlNY thought it was worth nipping in the bud the frightening news of a newly discovered, cold-weather resistant NYC cockroach species.
Rutgers-Newark assistant professor of biological sciences Jessica Ware (picture, right), co-author of a new scientific journal article about the discovery of Asian strand Periplaneta japonica, explains that Pj traces were first discovered by an exterminator working in 2012 on the High Line. The one big difference between this new species and the other kinds that scurry when the kitchen light is turned on is that these insects also thrive in cold, winter weather.
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