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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattidae » Periplaneta » American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
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Big Cockroach - Periplaneta americana
Copyright © 2009 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Big Cockroach - Periplaneta americana
Nesquehoning, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 12, 2009
male or female?

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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 13 July, 2009 - 11:24am
Last updated 13 July, 2009 - 12:34pm

American roach female.
In Periplaneta americana, BOTH genders have fully-functional wings, so that is not diagnostic (even for the genus). I would say this is a female. Males are much more streamlined, but you have to have seen a lot of them to be able to see that:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 July, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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"you have to have seen a lot of them to be able to see that:-)"

Eric, do you have a lot of extra house guests? ;)
… Andrew Williams, 13 July, 2009 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm trying to figure out what
I'm trying to figure out what to do with it. Are they usually found here or do you think it came in a shipment or on the train that goes to the plant my hubby works at.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 13 July, 2009 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

P. americana
probably an american.
… dmelius, 13 July, 2009 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

Brown cockroach?
This looks more like the brown cockroach, Periplaneta brunnea, to me (Check out the cerci). However, I would be surprised to see it that far north...
… dmelius, 13 July, 2009 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

maybe American cockroach - Periplaneta americana
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American cockroach - Periplaneta americana
… Andrew Williams, 13 July, 2009 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

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