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wood roach? - Parcoblatta
Copyright © 2007 daniela

wood roach? - Parcoblatta
Stirling (along Trent River), Quinte West, Ontario, Canada
May 1, 2007
Size: 1 inch
This is one of the few roaches that greeted us this spring when we opened the cottage. One of them had a white sack hanging from its back - was that a nymph? We are worried because of the large size of these roaches - what are they and what do we do?
Thanks!
Daniela
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Contributed by daniela on 18 June, 2007 - 1:10pm
Last updated 22 June, 2007 - 4:09pm

Yes.
This is an adult male wood roach, genus Parcoblatta. Do nothing! These are strictly outdoor, native roaches. Females are wingless, and carry the egg pod (ootheca) before eventually depositing it. That could be what you saw that you did not image here. Females are wingless, so easily confused with nymphs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 18 June, 2007 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

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