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# Who Knew?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/who-knew/
- Published: 2026-06-09T01:00:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-09T01:00:45.000Z
- Description: Officials now have the task of euthanising the creepy-crawlies, an insect so hardy it spawned an urban legend that they could survive a nuclear blast.
- Author: Reproduced with permission
- Tags: Australia

[**Pee Kay**](https://nominister.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/who-knew-6/?ref=goodoil.news)  
*No Minister*

**Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in bug-breeder bust.**

What some people do to make a quick buck...

Apparently a massive, unchecked population of these oversized insects can strip crops in fields, orchards, and greenhouses. They leave behind a trail of waste, including faeces, shed skins, and foul-smelling secretions that spoil stored grains and harvested food, making entire supplies unfit for sale or human consumption.

[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/australia-seizes-100000-cockroaches-in-bug-breeder-bust](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/australia-seizes-100000-cockroaches-in-bug-breeder-bust?ref=goodoil.news)

Wildlife officers have busted an illegal cockroach-breeding operation in rural Australia, seizing a haul worth more than A$200,000 ($243,000) on the black market for exotic bugs.

More than 100,000 contraband cockroaches were found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney, Australia’s environment department said on Friday.

They found Madagascar “hissing” cockroaches, a bulky insect named for its noisy defence mechanism, and dubia cockroaches, an invasive critter bred as a snack for pet lizards.

Photos showed one of the seized Madagascar cockroaches was almost big enough to completely cover the palm of an adult hand.

*“We take our job protecting Australia’s unique biodiversity and breaches of national environment law very seriously,”* an environment department spokesman said.

![](https://nominister.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/image-15.png?w=305)

*“We’re seeing illegal breeding and trading of exotic cockroaches and we’re putting pet businesses and pet owners on notice.”*

The department said the illicit insects had an estimated value of **A$200,000**.

Officials now have the task of euthanising the creepy-crawlies, an insect so hardy it spawned an urban legend that they could survive a nuclear blast.

This article was originally published by [No Minister](https://nominister.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/who-knew-6/?ref=goodoil.news).