Selwyn Times: June 03, 2020
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 3 <strong>2020</strong> 11<br />
BACKYARD CRITTERS<br />
Mike Bowie is an ecologist who specialises in<br />
entomology (insects and other invertebrates).<br />
Each week he introduces a new species found<br />
in his backyard at Lincoln. His column aims<br />
to raise public awareness of biodiversity,<br />
the variety of living things around us. Check out the full list<br />
of invertebrates found at www.inaturalist.org/projects/<br />
backyard-biodiversity-bugs-in-my-lincoln-section<br />
Native cockroaches<br />
not a household pest<br />
COCKROACHES are one insect<br />
group that most people detest.<br />
Their flattened, oval shape, spiny<br />
legs and scuttling nature is quite<br />
distinctive.<br />
The main exotic species which<br />
are pests in New Zealand houses<br />
are the American cockroach<br />
Periplaneta americana, the<br />
German cockroach Blatella<br />
germanica, and the Australiannative<br />
Gisborne cockroach<br />
Drymaplaneta semivitta.<br />
Many of the native cockroach<br />
species in New Zealand do not<br />
pose any health risks.<br />
At least 20 species of native<br />
cockroaches are known in New<br />
Zealand, most of which are in<br />
the genus Celatoblatta.<br />
These natives are not<br />
household pests, but rather are<br />
found in damp, dark habitats<br />
under wood or leaf litter.<br />
They are<br />
omnivorous,<br />
feeding on organic<br />
material which<br />
can include dead<br />
wood, which is<br />
digested with the<br />
help of symbiotic<br />
gut flora.<br />
Female<br />
cockroaches carry<br />
eggs in a cluster<br />
called ootheca<br />
at the rear and<br />
deposit them<br />
under cover to<br />
develop.<br />
Ransley gets ace ring-in<br />
for eSport Cup finale<br />
• By Jacob Page<br />
PREBBLETON’S Jaden Ransley<br />
will have a V8 Supercars driver<br />
on his side as he pursues the<br />
eSports Cup virtual motorsport<br />
title tomorrow night.<br />
The 18-year-old sits second in<br />
the points standings heading into<br />
the two-hour endurance race finale<br />
at the famed Bathurst track.<br />
With each competitor needing<br />
a co-driver, Ransley has called in<br />
Kiwi V8 Supercars driver Andre<br />
Heimgartner to help him in his<br />
championship push.<br />
Ransley was able to maintain<br />
his spot in the standings in round<br />
nine thanks to two fourth place<br />
finishes in each race at Imola,<br />
Italy.<br />
“We probably didn’t have the<br />
speed to win both races but we<br />
stayed clean and got good points.<br />
“I was really happy with how<br />
everything turned out.”<br />
Ransley will try to chase down<br />
MOMENTUM: Jaden Ransley (left) will team up Kiwi V8<br />
driver Andre Heimgartner for the final round of the eSport<br />
Cup tomorrow night.<br />
SPORT<br />
competition leader, Australian,<br />
Harley Haber to take the crown.<br />
Haber has a 30-point advantage<br />
on him.<br />
The Bathurst enduro race will<br />
see the 40 regular competitors<br />
in the series chose their own codrivers<br />
for the event, with double<br />
points on offer that will ultimately<br />
determine the champion.<br />
Using iRacing software, two<br />
drivers will share one car, regardless<br />
if they are sharing the same<br />
simulator.<br />
Ransley said Heimgartner’s experience<br />
would prove invaluable.<br />
“This is a case of Kiwis helping<br />
out Kiwis and I know I’ll lean<br />
on Andre’s experience when it<br />
comes to tactics and pit-stops.’’<br />
Ransley said he was confident<br />
in his ability at a familiar track<br />
to overhaul Haber of things went<br />
his way.<br />
•More sport, page 12<br />
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