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American Cockroach - Periplaneta americana
Copyright © 2006 Charles Schurch Lewallen

American Cockroach - Periplaneta americana
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
July 3, 2006
Size: 35mm
I found this at the gym, crawling up a wall. The largest cockroach I have seen in Oklahoma.
I took him home and chilled him to photograph. Released.

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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 3 July, 2006 - 1:15pm

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