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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Blattidae » Blattinae » Periplaneta » Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
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Mystery North Carolina Roach Nymph - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Copyright © 2019 chillywilly

Mystery North Carolina Roach Nymph - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
July 26, 2019
Found in the morning, succumbing to exterminator’s recent treatment. My guess is a Smokey-Brown but have not found an image that looks exactly like this one. The lighter stripes on the abdomen and reddish brown coloration of the underbelly are throwing me off.

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Mystery North Carolina Roach Nymph - Periplaneta fuliginosa Mystery North Carolina Roach Nymph - Periplaneta fuliginosa
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Contributed by chillywilly on 5 August, 2019 - 9:08pm
Last updated 6 August, 2019 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from Cockroaches and Termites.
… Alan Jeon, 6 August, 2019 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Alan! I take it th
Thanks, Alan!

I take it the added nomenclature to the title means my Smokeybrown hunch was correct? Interesting how light the undersides are and how pronounced the striping is on the abdomen of these individuals.
… chillywilly, 6 August, 2019 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved to Blattodea for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Nymphs are tough, but with luck the experts will be able to take the ID further.

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