yicks I am raising wood roaches

[danno]

I set up a new yard a month ago with 16 colonies on pallets at the edge of  the woods.  I have never seen these giant roaches up here.   They are about 3/4" to 1 1/2 long.  I'm finding them in numbers inside my vent boxes when I remove the covers.  I know they are doing no harm but they gross me out

[FRAMEshift]

I'm guessing you just shipped in woodenware or packages from South Georgia?   I don't think those roaches will survive a Michigan winter.

[danno]

these are not palmetto bugs of the south. These colonies have never been in the south.  Although I have never seen these things until now, google says they are common on up into canada. 

[Scadsobees]

I've not seen a lot of them, but we would get them in wood shipments when working at a shop when I was younger.

You aren't raising them, just harboring them....   Maybe instead you need to provide them with a little hotel to stay in 

[Haddon]

What are we talking about just old pine roaches??

If so they are everywhere here they are in most peoples homes around here. Darn sure are in my home but I have never really tried to control them.