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Mitchell's Cockroach

Polyzosteria metchelli

Habitat:

Dry arid

Notes:

Diurnal herbivore

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4 Comments

keithp2012
keithp2012 11 years ago

Cool looking roach!

MackenzieKwak
MackenzieKwak 12 years ago

yea, i suspect variation of color based on variation in the gene pool they were collected from (woops, these are actually from the melbourne museum) however they could also be a different species, from the same genus?

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

here's a link but maybe they got the name wrong because it looks different....
http://esperancewildlife.blogspot.com/20...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Nice roach ! Got any links to info on these? Are they Oz natives?

MackenzieKwak
Spotted by
MackenzieKwak

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Jan 8, 2012
Submitted on Jan 8, 2012

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