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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Blattidae » Blattinae » Blatta » Oriental Cockroach (Blatta orientalis)
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What is this huge thing? - Blatta orientalis
Copyright © 2013 skirk01

What is this huge thing? - Blatta orientalis
Fremont, California, USA
June 10, 2013
We keep seeing these around our yard, and now they are showing up in the garage. It seems to be ~1 inch long. Usually they are dead but the longer we live here the more often we are seeing live ones.
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Contributed by skirk01 on 10 June, 2013 - 7:33pm
Last updated 4 July, 2014 - 12:00am

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… Kyle Kandilian, 4 July, 2014 - 12:00am login or register to post comments

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… John F. Carr, 6 July, 2013 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Maybe Blatta orientalis
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… Walter Nathaniel Long, 10 June, 2013 - 10:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
After searching that, it seems about right.
… skirk01, 11 June, 2013 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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