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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Mantids and Cockroaches (Dictyoptera) » Cockroaches (Blattaria) » Blattidae » Periplaneta » Australian Cockroach (Periplaneta australasiae)
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What type of bug? Cockroach? - Periplaneta australasiae
Copyright © 2006 blaclk

What type of bug? Cockroach? - Periplaneta australasiae
Kissimmee, Florida, USA
October 30, 2006
Size: 2"
Found 4 of these in my FL home. I know this is an amatuer question, but what the heck is this thing?
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Contributed by blaclk on 31 October, 2006 - 11:28am
Last updated 22 November, 2006 - 4:02pm

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It certainly is a roach. Looks like the Australasian Cockroach.
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