Investigation of habitat for cockroaches in an outdoor urban environmentX II Alimentary canal contents of cockroaches captured outdoors in Tokyo

Abstract

The alimentary canal contents of captured Smokybrown and Japanese cockroaches were analyzed. Cockroaches were collected with sticky traps in open spaces close to a high-rise building, in tree hollows in an urban park, and in planters around a warehouse in Minato-ku, Tokyo, from June to December 2011. The results were confirmed as piece of cockroach, egg of parasite (Thelastomatida), pieces of plants, and fungi. In arthropoda except the cockroach were pieces of ants, springtails (Hypogastruridae: genus Xenylla) and mites (Cryptostigmata).