The Apex Lab
Our facilities are equipped to conduct research in the behavior, chemical ecology, physiology, microbiology, and molecular biology of insects. We house a number of advanced instruments and an array of insect colonies.
Insect rearing room
German cockroach
American cockroach
Oriental cockroach
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We maintain several dozen insect colonies for behavioral tests and biological studies. We also offer contract researches on our insects. These include:
A) Urban Insect Pests: -Various German cockroach strains -American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) -Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) -Brown-banded cockroach (Supella longipalpa) -Turkestan cockroach (Blatta lateralis) -Pavement, Argentine, pharaoh, carpenter, and odorous house ants -Firebrat (Thermobia domestica) -Subterranean termites -House fly (Musca domestica) -Green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) -Bed bug (Culex lectularius) -Mosquito (Aedes sierrensis) B) Veterinary Insect Pests: -Darkling beetle (Alphitobius diaperinus) -Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans) C) Agricultural Insect Pests: -Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) -Garden snail (Helix aspersa) -Common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) -Spotted wing drosophila (Drosophila suzukii) D) Other insects In the past we have done researches on pest species that available from field collecting/other insect breeders, such as yellow jacket wasp, olive fly, millipede, and cricket. Please contact us for details. Turkestan cockroach
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