Life history and habitat associations of the broad wood cockroach, Parcoblatta lata (Blattaria: Blattellidae) and other native cockroaches in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina.

Journal Article · Tue Jun 18 00:00:00 EDT 2002 · Annals of the Entomological Society of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2002)095[0665:LHAHAO]2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:835049

Horn, Scott

Wood cockroaches are an important prey of the red-cockaded woodpecker, Picoides borealis, an endangered species inhabiting pine forests in the southern United States. These woodpeckers forage on the boles of live pine trees, but their prey consists of a high proportion of wood cockroaches, Parcoblatta spp., that are more commonly associated with dead plant material. Cockroach population density samples were conducted on live pine trees, dead snags and coarse woody debris on the ground. The studies showed that snags and logs are also important habitats of wood cockroaches in pine forests.

• Research Organization: USDA Forest Service, Savannah River, New Ellenton, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
• DOE Contract Number: AI09-00SR22188
• OSTI ID: 835049
• Report Number(s): na; AESAAI; 02-20-P; TRN: US200706%%763
• Journal Information: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol. 95, Issue 6; ISSN 0013-8746
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

09 BIOMASS FUELS
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
COCKROACHES
ENDANGERED SPECIES
FORAGE
FORESTS
HABITAT
PINES
POPULATION DENSITY
SOUTH CAROLINA
TREES
WOOD
Coarse woody debris
wood cockroaches
Parcoblatta lata
red-cockaded woodpecker
Picoides borealis
snags