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

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

Pharaoh ant

Darkling beetle

Firebrat

Argentine ant

Brown garden snail

Fall armyworm