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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids and Cockroaches (Dictyoptera) » Cockroaches (Blattaria) » Blattellidae » Wood Cockroaches (Parcoblatta)
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Cockroach - Parcoblatta
Copyright © 2006 Bill Johnson

Cockroach - Parcoblatta
Cheverly, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
June 22, 2006
Is this the American Cockroach? I've heard of the name 'Wood Cockroach' used before. Would that be valid here?
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 8 July, 2006 - 11:00pm
Last updated 16 August, 2006 - 4:20pm

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… Tom Bentley, 16 August, 2006 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Wood Roach.
This is probably a male wood roach in the genus Parcoblatta. Impossible to ID further without the specimen. Female Parcoblatta are wingless.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 July, 2006 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

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