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Unidentified Roach - Periplaneta fuliginosa
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Unidentified Roach - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Tomball, Harris County, Texas, USA
June 11, 2011
Contributed by kenner7683 on 12 June, 2011 - 10:44am
Last updated 20 June, 2011 - 12:25pm

Moved
This is an invasive species related to the more common American Cockroach. Both species are common in the Gulf South of the US and elsewhere with a similar climate around the world.
Moved from Cockroaches and Termites.
… John Carlson, 20 June, 2011 - 12:25pm

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