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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Brown-hooded Cockroaches (Cryptocercidae) » Cryptocercus » Brown-hooded Cockroach (Cryptocercus punctulatus)
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roach or rove beetle? - Cryptocercus punctulatus
Copyright © 2010 Wade Clark

roach or rove beetle? - Cryptocercus punctulatus
Apollo, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 15, 2010
Size: approx. 1 inch
Found this little fellow while walking alound the river this evening. At first I though it was a roach, but while cropping the photos I thought maybe rove beetle.

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Contributed by Wade Clark on 15 May, 2010 - 9:47pm
Last updated 21 July, 2017 - 8:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 1 June, 2010 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

It's a Roach.
… Emile, 15 May, 2010 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

roach, Cryptocercus punctulatus -- nice find indeed!
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… v belov, 15 May, 2010 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Seems that I am on the wrong
Seems that I am on the wrong side of the country for the country for this one. Would parcoblatta be a better guess.
… Wade Clark, 16 May, 2010 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
no it wouldn't -- yours doesn't look like Parcoblatta at all
there are 4 eastern Cryptocercus spp.
… v belov, 16 May, 2010 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thought cryptocercus was a we
Thought cryptocercus was a western species.I hope this is,I didn't notice images for pa.
… Wade Clark, 16 May, 2010 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Cryptocercus [capital C!!] includes one western species, yes
"images for PA" -- you're right, there wasn't any; means nothing, though: it's a rather uncommon roach, so your contribution is really appreciated
… v belov, 16 May, 2010 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

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