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Temnopteryx sp
1 cm - maybe smaller black and white cockroach.
found on local fynbos shrub. very fast and difficult to capture. note the blured last pic, it was climbing from one leaf to another
Brilliant! I'm hoping to see more! Many more, of all the different type Temnopteryx sp endemic to this area. This is actually a great unexplored creature, and I think it deserves more exposure.... now to find them...
Take my link again and you can see all the details you described. There are indeed twice 2 yellowish spots in yours. But if you look very carefully you can see (in the picture of my link!) also that in the first row of spots there are actually 2 additional yellowish spots next to these 2 spots in the middle. But they are not as clearly visible than in your spots where I can definitely see these 4 spots. Presuming the ID of the one in my link is correct (what I think), then I am pretty sure that this is a Temnopteryx sp.. ID down to genus means: famous!!
You know what I remember now that you say the 'red' line - on pic 4 you can see, this one had 4 yellow spot/stripes. From the front we see two solid white lines then two white spots then three more white lines, then the 4 yellow spot/lines.
It is getting famous, I told you! I checked Hemithyrsocera and all what I can say is: All I have seen on the web (which is not much about nymphs), that they are quite similar beside the red stripe on the body. There are no info about Hemithyrsocera being found in South Africa.
yes, i see, the nymph of famous one, already has the brown head, whereas mine is just black and white. Well, seeing as Redhill (where the pic of adult famous one was taken) is just around the corner of me, ill be sure to set out and spot the famous one too. Very happy i spot this one though, I would never have known! Thank you bayucca!
Nymph of the famous one...
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/156613?nav=...
I think with Temnopteryx sp. you are on the safe side, I am quite confident with being from this genus. But the species? I think you need a LCE for ID.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/a...
this might be the famous one, a jumping cockroach?
ok, im a bit confused, i think your ID is correct bayucca. the picture on the link looks like a mature version of this one? shall I give it this ID or do you mean there are more than one species of this cockroach?
Hi Bayucca, no that is fine, i understood your comment. Ill see what i can find out.
Thank you C.Sydes
Ill definetly let all know once I found this little critter keith. Thank you all.
Sorry there might be a misunderstand with my comment. I certainly did not mean that your roachy friend would not be famous, but yours is not the famous Temnopteryx phalerata.
It is a nymph of one of the 7 endemic South African cockroack species. My common name might not be the correct one. There is a very famous one of them (which yours is probably not): Temnopteryx phalerata endemic to Fynbos.
Yes that's a cockroach. When you find out the species let me know the white eyes on it are very cool most roaches have black eyes!
Spotted on Aug 27, 2012
Submitted on Aug 27, 2012
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