Digestion in hissing cockroaches?

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lanebbutler
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Project Question: I need more research of madagascar hissing cockroach hisses and meanings, as well as several different possible experiments i could conduct using these cockroaches that acts as a benefit to society... maybe even and interesting idea?
Project Due Date: February 28
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Digestion in hissing cockroaches?

Post by lanebbutler »

Hello
i was wondering how a insects digestion works and if there is any information relating pH to effectiveness of digestion or defication.
I am conducting research involving pH levels 5,6,8,9 and i was wondering if this should have a significant role in the digestion of these insects or insects in general.
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Re: Digestion in hissing cockroaches?

Post by deleted-71417 »

Hi,

Here are some relevant webpages describing cockroach digestive systems:

http://www.tutorvista.com/biology/diges ... -cockroach

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article ... 3-0043.pdf

http://books.google.com/books?id=YYs9AA ... hes&f=true

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream ... 000855.pdf

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream ... 000855.pdf

These resources may help give you a general background. I hope they help.

Best regards,

Barrett L Tomlinson
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