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Ectobius vittiventris, the amber wood cockroach or amber forest cockroach, is a species belonging to the order Blattodea and is a type of wood cockroach originally from southern Europe. It is completely harmless to humans and is not a storage pest , as it only feeds on decomposing plant material and perishes within a few days in human dwellings ...
Aptera fusca, the Cape Mountain cockroach, giant cockroach or Table Mountain cockroach, is a large cockroach which is widespread on low vegetation in open areas [1] in the fynbos biome of the Western Cape region of South Africa. Adult females can be from 30 to 40 millimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) long.
Ectobius is a genus of non-cosmopolitan cockroaches once thought native to the Old World and described by James Francis Stephens in 1835, [1] belonging to the family Ectobiidae, subfamily Ectobiinae. [2] The discovery [3] of 4 ectobius cockroaches in Colorado dating to 49 million years ago suggests the genus actually originated in North America ...
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One of the larger cockroaches, Drymaplaneta semivitta is about 20–45mm long [2] [4] and 12–15mm wide. [5] It is a glossy dark brown, with distinctive tan or white coloured translucent stripes along each side of its head. [4] [5] [6] Unlike many cockroaches, it has no vestigial wings. [2] [5] [6]
Dorsal ocelli are light-sensitive organs found on the dorsal surface or frontal surface of the head of many insects, including Hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps, sawflies), Diptera (flies), Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies), Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts) and Mantodea (mantises). These ocelli coexist with compound eyes; thus, most insects ...
Blaberus discoidalis, commonly known as the discoid cockroach, [2] tropical cockroach, [3] West Indian leaf cockroach, [3] false death's head cockroach, [4] [5] Haitian cockroach, [6] and drummer, [7] is a cockroach native to Central America of the "giant cockroach" family, Blaberidae.
Eublaberus posticus, the orange head cockroach, is a species of cockroach native to Central and South America. [1] Behaviour ... Mobile view ...