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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattidae » Periplaneta » American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
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Periplaneta americana
Copyright © 2008 Jessica Lawrence

Periplaneta americana
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Size: 25mm
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Contributed by Jessica Lawrence on 8 December, 2008 - 4:19pm
Last updated 10 September, 2009 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from Periplaneta.
… John Carlson, 10 September, 2009 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Florida Woods Cockroach.
… Jessica Lawrence, 8 December, 2008 - 5:58pm login or register to post comments

I don't agree.
Not sure how you came by the ID. This looks much more like an immature American roach, Periplaneta americana, to me.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 December, 2008 - 5:16pm login or register to post comments

 
haha
awesome. The others on here I looked up looked just like this under the American roach, but someone told them it was a Florida wood roach, so I changed it. I was wondering why it had ended up outside my apartment...
… Jessica Lawrence, 8 December, 2008 - 5:57pm login or register to post comments

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