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Wood cockroach? - Cryptocercus punctulatus
Copyright © 2009 Mark Moran

Wood cockroach? - Cryptocercus punctulatus
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, USA
April 5, 2009
Size: 1 inch
Under log. High elevation. Don't know roaches too well.
Contributed by Mark Moran on 6 April, 2009 - 11:23am
Last updated 6 April, 2009 - 2:09pm

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I think it's an oriental cockroach.
… e. fosdick, 6 April, 2009 - 12:33pm

 
No.
This is wa-a-a-y better than one of the introduced urban pests. This is a "brown-hooded roach," Cryptocercus punctulatus, a species not seen very frequently. Great find!
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 April, 2009 - 2:09pm

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