Pacific beetle cockroach invades Hawaii!
Just now I have completed reading an exclusive report by Marisa Yamane of KHON2 (Hawaii's news leader) wherein she covered the odd event of invasion of a neighbourhood in Ewa Beach, Hawaii by thousands of pacific beetle cockroaches (Diploptera punctata). Residents are in great sufferings due to the massive invasion of the bugs. Entomologists have been called in to identify the insects and the reason of their sudden invasion. Pest control measures have been taken but the infestation is still on!
Diploptera punctata is a type of cockroach which is only known viviparous in the genus and used particularly in molecular research into allatostatins (neuropeptide hormones in insects).
Meanwhile it is hoped that residents of Hawaii will soon get rid of the bugs through proper application of modern and indigenous pest control methods.
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