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cockroach sp. - Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Copyright © 2004 tom murray

cockroach sp. - Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Mission, Texas, USA
October 20, 2004
Size: ~25mm
Found this one on the outside wall of a hotel entrance area near some bushes.
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Contributed by tom murray on 5 May, 2005 - 6:09am
Last updated 15 June, 2005 - 5:38am

Surinam roach.
This is a nice specimen of the Surinam roach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis. Females are parthenogenic I believe, and give birth to live young.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 May, 2005 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

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