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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Blattidae » Blattinae » Shelfordella » Turkestan Cockroach (Shelfordella lateralis)
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Parcoblatta americana? - Shelfordella lateralis
Copyright © 2016 Ken Schneider

Parcoblatta americana? - Shelfordella lateralis
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge, Colusa County, California, USA
February 12, 2016
Size: 2-3 cm
I found this roach on the exterior wall of a public restroom at the refuge this morning, around sunrise.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 12 February, 2016 - 9:53pm
Last updated 13 February, 2016 - 9:32am

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… Ken Schneider, 13 February, 2016 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

More like Shelfordella lateralis
See here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1164751/bgimage
… Hisserdude, 13 February, 2016 - 12:50am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That makes sense - I guess this would be an immature then? Looks very similar to this one, with the pale markings on the lateral abdominal segments:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/267131
… Ken Schneider, 13 February, 2016 - 9:32am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, it is a nymph
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… Hisserdude, 13 February, 2016 - 1:14pm login or register to post comments

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