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Photo#16402
cockroach sp. - Pycnoscelus surinamensis - female

cockroach sp. - Pycnoscelus surinamensis - Female
Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 20, 2004
Size: ~25mm
Found this one on the outside wall of a hotel entrance area near some bushes.

Surinam roach.
This is a nice specimen of the Surinam roach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis. Females are parthenogenic I believe, and give birth to live young.