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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Blattellinae » Wood Cockroaches (Parcoblatta) » American Wood Cockroach (Parcoblatta americana)
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Drowned Moth - Parcoblatta americana - male
Copyright © 2009 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Drowned Moth - Parcoblatta americana - Male
Santiago Oaks Regional Park, Orange County, California, USA
July 5, 2009
Size: 1.3cm
Found dead in the horses' drinking trough
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 5 July, 2009 - 4:51pm
Last updated 20 December, 2012 - 2:48pm

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Moved from Cockroaches and Termites.
… ADeczynski, 20 December, 2012 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 25 July, 2009 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

cockroach
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… v belov, 5 July, 2009 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
Male Parcoblatta species most likely. Keep this image in the guide as it is potentially identifiable to species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 July, 2009 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
Damn. I still can't get even
Damn. I still can't get even the order right. :-) You may also be interested in this live cockroach from the same park the same day. At least I think it's a cockroach. Not exactly batting a thousand on these lately. :-)
… Elliotte Rusty Harold, 6 July, 2009 - 10:59am login or register to post comments

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