American Cockroach - Parcoblatta lata

Moved

Moved from Wood Cockroaches.

… Alan Jeon, 21 January, 2015 - 11:15pm

Thank you & what about this one

They were found together.

… Lynette Elliott, 25 January, 2015 - 10:00am

Moved

Moved from Periplaneta.

… Kyle Kandilian, 4 July, 2014 - 4:46pm

Parcoblatta lata

This is actually a nymph of P. lata : broad wood roach

… Alan Jeon, 2 May, 2014 - 8:42am

Looks like the roaches I found in the woods

I am in North Carolina too.

… Walter Nathaniel Long, 8 May, 2013 - 8:44pm

Moved

Looking at this image, I suspect that it may actually be a nymph of the Smoky Brown cockroach rather than the more common American cockroach. I base this on the color pattern, with the Smoky Brown cockroaches being over-all much darker, with that odd mahogany hue. I can not be certain that is is not an American cockroach however. It is easier to tell them apart as very early instate and as adults, but these late instar cockroaches are more difficult. These two species would be great for someone to do a series of life cycle photos of. Until someone can uncover characters to more reliably tell these late instar nymphs apart, I'm moving this image to the genus level. Moved from American Cockroach.

… John Carlson, 22 April, 2010 - 11:43pm

Thanks John

I may be able to pull up some old photos of the group. Maybe that will help. I'll let you know when I post them.

PS. I don't remember a lot about what I learned about these, but I was thinking that this was an adult female?

… Lynette Elliott, 23 April, 2010 - 9:03am

Strong women

While the females of many cockroach species have reduced wings, adult Periplaneta female cockroaches are fully winged, and you need to look at the terminal abdomen to look for styli to determine male vs. female in this group.

… John Carlson, 23 April, 2010 - 11:57am

Looks more like a woods roach

I don't know the distribution of roaches in NC, but this specimen looks identical to a FL woods roach. Adult FL woods roaches don't have the yellow side markings on the thorax. Those only appear on nymphs. American roaches have much longer and narrower cerci. My inforamtion comes from the Univ. of FL Entomology and Nematology Dept. publicaton SP87.

… Scott Nelson, 13 June, 2006 - 10:11am

Not positive on the ID,

but to add to the info it was found with this one

… Lynette Elliott, 14 June, 2006 - 10:48am