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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blaberoidea » Ectobiidae » Blattellinae » Wood Cockroaches (Parcoblatta) » Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach (Parcoblatta pennsylvanica)
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Adult female - Parcoblatta pennsylvanica - female
Copyright © 2011 Scott Nacko

Adult female - Parcoblatta pennsylvanica - Female
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Talk about mega female! She is noticeably larger than all the other females. Couldn't get an accurate measurement on her though

Her wings are a different shape than the pennsylvanica females'. Maybe this is a clue to the species with females
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Contributed by Scott Nacko on 4 March, 2011 - 4:13pm
Last updated 22 October, 2014 - 9:01am

Moved
Moved from Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach.
… Alan Jeon, 22 October, 2014 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wood Cockroaches.
… Alan Jeon, 12 October, 2014 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

Short winged P. pennsylvanica?
I have read that there is a short winged form of Parcoblatta pennsylvanica.
Here

http://www.roachcrossing.com/roachesforconservation.htm
… Walter Nathaniel Long, 26 May, 2013 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

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