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Wasp-mimic cockroach

Pseudophyllodromia sp

Description:

1/2" long roach

Habitat:

Rainforest

1 Species ID Suggestions

keithp2012
keithp2012 11 years ago
Wasp-mimic Cockroach
Pseudophyllodromia sp


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6 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Keith.

keithp2012
keithp2012 11 years ago

Day active species

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thank you Livan!

LivanEscudero
LivanEscudero 11 years ago

It is a cockroach perhaps like this one from the Panamanian forest, but is the only one I could find and it's not IDed.
http://www.masterfile.com/stock-photogra....

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Lauren - I had no idea it was a roach but I guess the legs are the giveaway!

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 11 years ago

This is a very cool cockroach. I never saw one with a red head before!

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Orellana, Ecuador

Spotted on Dec 4, 2012
Submitted on Dec 8, 2012

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