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Cloud Forest Cockroach

Paratropes cf. bilunata

Description:

He flies...that's all I know...

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago
Paratropes cf. bilunata Show Image
Julio C.
Julio C. 5 years ago
diurnal cockroach
Paratropes biolleyi (Saussure & Zehntner, 1893) (Costa Rica, Panamá)


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8 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 9 years ago

It is definitely Paratropes bilunata!
http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/...

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Blattodea, Paratropes sp., looks like Paratropes bilunata, quite common on in Costa Rica. But there is few info about.

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 12 years ago

Beautiful cockroach.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Next time show us Ventral view(down side) of this insect

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

You are welcome..!!

MatthewKritzer
MatthewKritzer 12 years ago

Once again, thank you Ashish...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Cloud Forest Cockroach

NicoleB
NicoleB 12 years ago

That fellow has amazing colours!
I guess with all the flowers around, beetles just need those colours to blend in - not like here :)
Beautiful shot(s)!

MatthewKritzer
Spotted by
MatthewKritzer

Provincia Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jul 31, 2011
Submitted on Jul 31, 2011

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