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Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)

Cockroach (Blattodea, several families) field guide

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A good reference for Cockroaches is the book “A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia” by David Rentz. https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/6710/

This webpage by the CSIRO is also useful:
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/order_overview.aspx?OrderID=42509&PageID=overview

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Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)

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Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)

Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta americana

Periplaneta australasiae (Australasian cockroach)

Harvey Perkins, Montague Is.

Harvey Perkins, Montague Is.

Periplaneta australasiae
Periplaneta australasiae
Harvey Perkins, Montague Is.

Periplaneta fuliginosa (Smoky-brown Cockroach)

Periplaneta fuliginosa
Periplaneta fuliginosa
Periplaneta fuliginosa

Periplaneta sp. (genus) (Unidentified Periplaneta cockroach)

Periplaneta sp. (genus)
Periplaneta sp. (genus)
Periplaneta sp. (genus)

Platyzosteria melanaria (Common Eastern Litter Runner)

Platyzosteria melanaria
FEMALE

FEMALE
Platyzosteria melanaria
FEMALE

Platyzosteria similis (Red-legged litter runner)

Platyzosteria similis
Platyzosteria similis
Platyzosteria similis
Platyzosteria similis

Platyzosteria sp. (genus) (Litter runner cockroach)

Platyzosteria sp. (genus)
Platyzosteria sp. (genus)
Platyzosteria sp. (genus)

Polyzosteria aenea (Pink-tailed heath cockroach)

Polyzosteria aenea
Polyzosteria aenea
Polyzosteria aenea

Polyzosteria mitchelli (Mitchell's diurnal cockroach, Mardi Gras cockroach)

Polyzosteria mitchelli

Polyzosteria viridissima (Alpine Metallic Cockroach)

Polyzosteria viridissima
Polyzosteria viridissima
Polyzosteria viridissima

Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Surinam Cockroach or Greenhouse Cockroach)

Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Pycnoscelus surinamensis

Rhabdoblatta sp. (genus) (Giant Forest Cockroach)

Rhabdoblatta sp. (genus)
Rhabdoblatta sp. (genus)
Rhabdoblatta sp. (genus)

Robshelfordia circumducta (Shelford's Variable Cockroach)

Robshelfordia circumducta
Robshelfordia circumducta
Robshelfordia circumducta
Robshelfordia circumducta

Robshelfordia simplex (Shelford's Western Cockroach)

Robshelfordia simplex
Robshelfordia simplex
Robshelfordia simplex

Robshelfordia sp. (genus) (A Shelford cockroach)

FEMALE

FEMALE

FEMALE

FEMALE
MALE

MALE
FEMALE
FEMALE
MALE

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