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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattidae » Periplaneta » Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
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Smoky Brown Cockroach - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Schimming

Smoky Brown Cockroach - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 11, 2005
I'm thinking this may be a smoky brown cockroach....more uniformly brown? See comparison shot here.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 13 February, 2006 - 7:29pm
Last updated 7 October, 2009 - 12:57am

Moved
Moved from Cockroaches. The lack of any pattern on the pronotum and over-all dark brown color of this large roach is the characteristic look of this species. Those long, fat cerci are also typical of this species.
… John Carlson, 7 October, 2009 - 12:57am login or register to post comments

it might be,
check this link out
… Omar Fahmy, 14 February, 2006 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

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