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Face Mostly Pale - Blattella asahinai

Russ Pitman Park, Bellaire, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
July 23, 2011
Size: ~12 mm to wingtips

came to uv light. There were many flying around that looked superficially like this one, the only one I collected. I don't know for sure if this one flew.

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Face Mostly Pale - Blattella asahinai

Face - Blattella asahinai

Face - Blattella asahinai

Contributed by John Schneider on 24 July, 2011 - 7:45pm
Last updated 29 June, 2016 - 10:03pm

Moved

Moved from Field Cockroach.

I highly doubt that this is B. vaga. They usually don't look slender as the specimen pictured above, and the pronotum marking matches with B. asahinai than B. vaga.

… Alan Jeon, 1 October, 2014 - 7:45pm

Moved

I missed this series when you initially posted it- thanks for bringing it to my attention. Texas is the meeting point for the Asian Cockroaches that are spreading westward along I-10 and the Field Cockroaches that are moving westward. Both are easily distinguished from German cockroaches by their ability to fly and reproduce outdoors. Nice images!

Moved from Cockroaches and Termites.

… John Carlson, 20 March, 2012 - 8:22pm

Thanks, John. Somehow I misse

Thanks, John. Somehow I missed your comment till now.

… John Schneider, 19 June, 2012 - 1:16am

Moved

Moved from Blattella.

… John Schneider, 17 August, 2011 - 12:02am

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