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BugGuide Gathering
Smoky Mountains
University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
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Species Pseudomops septentrionalis - Pale Bordered Field Cockroach

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Dictyoptera (Mantids and Cockroaches)
Suborder Blattaria (Cockroaches)
Family Blattellidae
Genus Pseudomops
Species septentrionalis (Pale Bordered Field Cockroach)
Range
Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and northern Mexico, plus a disjunct site in Alabama.
Food
Visits flowers, on occasion.
Works Cited
1.A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
By Bastiaan M. Drees, John A. Jackman