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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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well ... - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Copyright © 2011 oliver1

well ... - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: approx. 4 cm
11 am in my backyard.
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Contributed by oliver1 on 4 August, 2011 - 11:11am
Last updated 30 September, 2014 - 12:20pm

Moved
Moved from Cockroaches and Termites.
… Alan Jeon, 30 September, 2014 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 4 August, 2011 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

It's a cockroach.
It's a cockroach.
… Matt Bearup, 4 August, 2011 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
yes ...
... but which one?
… oliver1, 4 August, 2011 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Do you have any other picture
Do you have any other pictures, especially a dorsal image would help.
… John Carlson, 7 August, 2011 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
No
Unfortunately that's all I have. I was guessing Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa). The specimen was very dark and shiny and I don't recall seeing any pattern.
… oliver1, 7 August, 2011 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

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