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Panesthia australis
dark, almost black in colour and about 3 cms in length. Wing stubs seen.
Found under decaying vegetation and wood.
Found this under a pile of logs resting on moist ground. Adult forms of this cockroach are said to have wings however, some get their wings chewed-off by other cockroaches in their community, rendering them flightless for the duration of their lives.
Spotted on Oct 4, 2010
Submitted on Dec 4, 2011
2 Comments
keithp2012, this is probably often the case in some insect species however, with the Australian Wood Cockroach their wings get chewed-up - strange ! but that's what this reference says:
http://morwellnp.pangaean.net/cgi-bin/sh...
Mabye females only are wingless?