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Laxta granicollis
A reddish brown cockroach about 25mm long. The wings had a beautiful venation. The thoracic "shield" had a semi-lunar anterior margin which was slightly paler in colour.
Spotted among wooden fence sleepers. Native to Australia
A very attractive cockroach ! These cockroaches live in colonies and feed on wood fibre. The females are wingless and nymphs look like trilobites. Here is a female of the species spotted by martinl: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
Spotted on Oct 24, 2012
Submitted on Oct 24, 2012
4 Comments
Thanks Martin. I've added a link to your spotting in my Notes -for the female.
Rather handsome for a cockroach. And a surprising difference in the sexes.
I love the carapace on these. Here is the female.
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/114...
Quite beautiful in it's own way. This is the male then.