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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Blattellinae » Wood Cockroaches (Parcoblatta) » American Wood Cockroach (Parcoblatta americana)
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- - Parcoblatta americana - male
Copyright © 2014 Robyn Waayers

- - Parcoblatta americana - Male
North Peak, Cuyamaca Mountains, San Diego County, California, USA
May 25, 2014
Size: ~ 20 mm
I saw about a dozen of these roaches on my patio and environs last night when I had a black light set up there. Usually I see just a few.
We are at 4200 feet in a pine/oak habitat. Not densely population at all.
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Contributed by Robyn Waayers on 26 May, 2014 - 3:10pm
Last updated 4 March, 2016 - 9:54pm

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… Robyn Waayers, 4 March, 2016 - 9:54pm login or register to post comments

This is a Parcoblatta americana male...
This is the only species that lives in the west. See here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/228482
… Hisserdude, 4 March, 2016 - 8:29pm login or register to post comments

Parcoblatta virginica have a
Parcoblatta virginica have a dark head. I do not know if there are any other Parcoblatta with a dark head. I have seen an adult male Parcoblatta uhleriana with a little dark head recently here in NC.
… Walter Nathaniel Long, 27 June, 2014 - 2:33pm login or register to post comments

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