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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Blattellinae » Wood Cockroaches (Parcoblatta) » Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach (Parcoblatta pennsylvanica)
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Roach Courtship! - Parcoblatta pennsylvanica - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Vespula Vulgaris

Roach Courtship! - Parcoblatta pennsylvanica - Male Female
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
I always wondered about how their courtship happens. Apparently the male has a gland way back under his wings, and he tries to entice females to eat from it in order to copulate, kind of like how tree crickets do it. I have some footage to post later too! I have never read about this before. The "gland" looks to be in the same spot as the "mid segment hairs"...

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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 5 February, 2011 - 12:19am
Last updated 5 February, 2011 - 10:30am

Great work, Vespula!
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… stan gilliam, 28 April, 2012 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wood Cockroaches.
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