Over summer, a few people have commented or asked about flying cockroaches. Reports of cockroaches flying in through the window at night. When asked I have explained that although some cockroaches have wings and can actually fly - they prefer to walk (scuttle). This is only partly true as these same cockroaches will actually fly if you see them in a hotter country like Thailand or the Cook Islands (I only mention these as I have seen them fly there).

So as we are not in that hotter a climate I was suggesting maybe they were mistaking cockroaches for some other flying insect. I have had to stop suggesting this now though as an American cockroach decided to fly in through my kitchen window and land on the glass!  It sat there for a good five minutes and I checked and rechecked it before it flew off again.

It’s still typical of cockroaches to crawl. Auckland is seen as sub tropical and too cool for cockroaches to fly as they do more commonly in the tropics. But perhaps in the heat and humidity of the summer they are thinking they are in the tropics!As the season cools off, I expect this trend will disappear - for now!