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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Blattidae » Eurycotis » Florida Woods Cockroach (Eurycotis floridana)
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Cockroach egg case - Eurycotis floridana
Copyright © 2005 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Cockroach egg case - Eurycotis floridana
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
October 6, 2005
Size: 11 mm
Sad to say this was found on my kitchen floor - ewwww! Usually female roaches are careful to lay their egg cases in a safe place, apparently. This was stuck to the back of a piece of masking tape, so I can only think it got stuck there by accident. Identified as Blattara orientalis from the University of Nebraska's manual (see image), plus I have seen a couple of big shiny adults in my house in the middle of the night (one downside of having a newborn baby). A new species for the guide - but I'm not sure I can bring myself to raise these deliberately!
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 7 October, 2005 - 10:17am
Last updated 1 August, 2006 - 12:48pm

Nice
Very nice image!
… Jonathan Burishkin, 21 November, 2013 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

Ootheca.
Thanks, Hannah, for sharing, especially considering the implications:-) Ha! I hope more folks will document ova and pupa as well as larvae and nymphs.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 October, 2005 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

 
I'm reconsidering the ID on this
- I originally thought it was Blattaria orientalis, but since I've documented Florida Woods Cockroach in my house, and the ootheca is very similar, I think that's the more likely ID.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 22 October, 2005 - 4:00am login or register to post comments

 
Fantastic picture
...and very ominous, somehow!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 21 July, 2008 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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