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Trilobite roach

Laxta granicollis

Description:

About 22mm long, very hard and flat and looking very trilobytish.

Habitat:

Hiding under some firewood in an outer urban back yard.

Notes:

Also called 'Bark roaches' these are also notable for their communal behaviour!
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
Subfamily: Epilamprinae
Family: Blaberidae

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1 Comment

logangrecco
logangrecco 9 years ago

Awesome I have underestimated cockroaches awesomeness

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Dec 23, 2014
Submitted on Dec 24, 2014

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