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Australian Cockroach

Periplaneta australasiae

Description:

Roaches found on a beaker from a Chemistry laboratory.

2 Species ID Suggestions

American cockroach
Periplaneta americana American cockroach
stho002
stho002 10 years ago
Australian cockroach
Periplaneta australasiae Australian cockroach


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4 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Fascinating background too. Not even Australian originally in spite of the name.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Good choice Jose. It looks right to me too. Haven't heard of that one before.

Thanks for the possible ID's! I believe it's Periplaneta australasiae, the one that stho002 commented.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Very handsome cockroaches.

Baguio, Benguet, Philippines

Spotted on Aug 14, 2013
Submitted on Sep 14, 2013

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