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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattidae » Periplaneta » American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
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Brown of American? - Periplaneta americana
Copyright © 2005 Patrick Dockens

Brown of American? - Periplaneta americana
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
December 29, 2005
Can anyone tell if this is an American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) or a brown cockroach (Periplaneta brunnea)? This was found in a water control structure (not my house!)
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Contributed by Patrick Dockens on 2 January, 2006 - 3:20pm
Last updated 3 January, 2006 - 12:39pm

American Cockroach
There is a site comparing the two here. I'm fairly certain that yours is the American.
… Lynette Schimming, 2 January, 2006 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Definitely an American roach. Australian roaches are the ones most easily confused with American roaches (in my opinion anyway:-). Not a bad image, either:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 January, 2006 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

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