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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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Cockroach? - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Copyright © 2010 Maritima

Cockroach? - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Greensboro, North Carolina, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
August 30, 2010
Size: 4 mm
Close to lights at night.

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Cockroach? - Periplaneta fuliginosa Cockroach? - Periplaneta fuliginosa
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Contributed by Maritima on 3 September, 2010 - 2:08pm
Last updated 5 September, 2010 - 12:14pm

Moved
Yes indeed. FYI, all of the very young Periplenta have dark antennae with pale sections at the distal and proximal ends, and then a pale band across the thorax, with two pale lateral spots on the abdomen as seen so well in this picture. The other species of Peripleneta found in North America have the same pattern, but instead of the contrasting balck and white seen in Smoky brown cockroaches, the colors are dark brown and light brown.

Smoky brown cockroaches are not an uncommon sight in New Orleans, both indoors and outdoors, but I have been told that in North Carolina they are only really found outdoors- which I am assuming is where this photo was taken.

Moved from ID Request.
… John Carlson, 5 September, 2010 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

 
No... it was taken indoors, c
No... it was taken indoors, close to a light bulb.
It might have entered with me through the door, it cannot be my house the first house in NC with these bugs!!! ;))
I haven't seen adults indoors or outdoors, .... yet... !

Thanks for the data.
… Maritima, 5 September, 2010 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa):

… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 September, 2010 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

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