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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Blattidae » Blattinae » Periplaneta » Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta brunnea)
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Periplaneta brunnea - male - female
Copyright © 2011 Kyle Kandilian

Periplaneta brunnea - Male Female
Two juveniles (most likely males) and an adult female P. brunnea. Note the similarity to the coloration of Periplaneta australasiae nymphs.

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Periplaneta bru*nnea - Periplaneta brunnea - male Periplaneta brunnea - female Periplaneta brunnea - male - female
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Contributed by Kyle Kandilian on 13 May, 2011 - 5:44pm
Last updated 17 September, 2012 - 12:37am

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After looking at this photo more I noticed that the female's cerci are fairly narrow. Do brunnea have wide cerci when viewed from above and narrow from behind/front, or are they overall just thicker than those of amer*icana?
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