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General Non-Mantis Discussion
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Cockroach ID needed, Periplaneta americana?
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<blockquote data-quote="CosbyArt" data-source="post: 298740" data-attributes="member: 8168"><p>While outside collecting specimens in the late summer/early fall I started to notice various cockroach nymphs under rocks this year (first time the last few years). Yesterday after collecting some isopods (Armadillidium sp.) I found one nymph made it in my collecting container, so I took the opportunity to take some photos before getting rid of it.</p><p></p><p>The cockroach is wingless so appears to be a nymph, and the closest photo ID I can find it appears to be the American cockroach (<a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/roaches/American_cockroach.htm" target="_blank">Periplaneta americana</a>); however, I'm hoping someone with experience with cockroaches can confirm the ID. I am curious to see which it is, and why they are being found this year - perhaps due to a nearby neighbor moving out (and the cockroaches fled). <img src="http://mantisbugshop.com/images/Smiley/help2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Thankfully there are zero cockroaches inside our house, but living in the city I guess they run through the yard to other homes. The only one species I've ever seen was a Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) in the basement drain occasionally (as it is said they can climb through drainage pipes), but nowhere else and they promptly leave or dry out and die off. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Here are the photos of the cockroach nymph, and you can see isopod frass from my collecting container.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.mantisbugshop.com/images/Other/11-27-16cockroach1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.mantisbugshop.com/images/Other/11-27-16cockroach2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.mantisbugshop.com/images/Other/11-27-16cockroach3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CosbyArt, post: 298740, member: 8168"] While outside collecting specimens in the late summer/early fall I started to notice various cockroach nymphs under rocks this year (first time the last few years). Yesterday after collecting some isopods (Armadillidium sp.) I found one nymph made it in my collecting container, so I took the opportunity to take some photos before getting rid of it. The cockroach is wingless so appears to be a nymph, and the closest photo ID I can find it appears to be the American cockroach ([URL="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/roaches/American_cockroach.htm"]Periplaneta americana[/URL]); however, I'm hoping someone with experience with cockroaches can confirm the ID. I am curious to see which it is, and why they are being found this year - perhaps due to a nearby neighbor moving out (and the cockroaches fled). [IMG]http://mantisbugshop.com/images/Smiley/help2.gif[/IMG] Thankfully there are zero cockroaches inside our house, but living in the city I guess they run through the yard to other homes. The only one species I've ever seen was a Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis) in the basement drain occasionally (as it is said they can climb through drainage pipes), but nowhere else and they promptly leave or dry out and die off. ;) Here are the photos of the cockroach nymph, and you can see isopod frass from my collecting container. [IMG]http://www.mantisbugshop.com/images/Other/11-27-16cockroach1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.mantisbugshop.com/images/Other/11-27-16cockroach2.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.mantisbugshop.com/images/Other/11-27-16cockroach3.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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