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Balta Cockroach

Balta Spuria

Description:

1.5 to 2cm

Notes:

This cockroach is trying to keep warm on a chilly night in spring by hanging around a driveway light in a garden

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2 Comments

StephenSolomons
StephenSolomons 10 years ago

Lol, yes, I have never figured out how they do it but they seem to be able to lurch just as the digital processing starts

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

I was chasing one of these with the camera last night. They know when you're about to click.

StephenSolomons
Spotted by
StephenSolomons

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Sep 27, 2013
Submitted on Sep 29, 2013

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