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Big Bug LbNA #12147 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Nov 13, 2004
Location:
City:Humble
County:Harris
State:Texas
Boxes:1
Planted by:Hawk
Found by: Kingwood family of 5
Last found:Apr 10, 2005
Status:FFFFFFaaaa
Last edited:Nov 13, 2004
Alive and well 16 APR 2005.

AMERICAN COCKROACH: Periplaneta americana Linnaeus
Order: Blattaria

COCKROACHES:
Reach 1-1/2 to 2 inches in length.
They are reddish-brown in color.
Whitish cockroaches have just molted and not had time to darken their new exoskeleton.
Life cycle is simple metamorphosis (egg, nymph, adult).
Molt 10 to 13 times in over a year before becoming adults.
Are mainly active at night and hide in cracks and crevices during the day.
Eat almost anything.
Are capable of gliding flights.
Are virtually indestructible.
Are said to be the only creatures that would survive a massive nuclear holocaust.

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This microbox is part of my "Texans to Avoid" series and is located in Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center, 20634 Kenswick Drive, near Humble, Texas. The park is located north of FM 1960 between I-45 and US 59. Admission is free. Bicycles are allowed on most trails on Sundays only. Be sure to obtain a park map from the Nature Center before looking for this microbox. After finding the box, please replace it as found and make sure that it is not visible from the trails. I would appreciate an email letting me know the status of the box when you find it.

To find the box:

Follow Magnolia Trail northeast from the junction of the Old Logging Trail and Magnolia Trail to an area with two benches. This is not a very long distance from the junction. Across Magnolia Trail from the benches are two short logs. The box is in the end of the hollow log on the left.