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Common Shining Cockroach

Drymaplaneta communis

Description:

About 2 inches long. Dark with yellow coloring along the sides.

Notes:

Is this a nymph because it doesn't seem to have fully developed wings? The colouring looks similar to the Common Methana - Methana marginalis nymph; http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...


1 species ID suggestions

Common shining cockroach
Drymaplaneta communis Cockroaches: Museum Victoria

1 Comment

martinl
martinl a year ago

This bush cockroach occurs only in Queensland, according to this CSIRO. http://www.ces.csiro.au/aicn/system/c_47... I believe yours is a Common shining cockroach - Drymaplaneta communis. It is already an adult and always wingless

3078, Victoria, Australia

Lat: -37.78, Long: 145.04

Spotted on Apr 24, 2012
Submitted on Apr 25, 2012

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