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This cockroach came to pose in my hotel studio one day. I was about 20 km from China's border with Burma. According to what I found on line, this is an invasive species Blattellagermanica that reached China from Germany 20 years ago.
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Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
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Possibly Melanozosteria nigrofasiciata ~25mm longIt had been hiding under a piece of tin. Photo: Fred
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Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
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Tikal, Peten, Guatemala
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Bahagian Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Mulu Airport, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Limoncocha, Sucumbios, Ecuador
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Matoury, Cayenne, French Guiana
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Louwsburg, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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Polyzosteria cuprea SAUSSURE, 1863Genus:
Polyzosteria BURMEISTER, 1838[det. Stephen Thorpe, 2012, based on this photo]Tribus: PolyzosteriiniSubfamily: Polyzosteriinae Family: Blattidae LINNAEUS, 17?? (Wood Cockroaches or Wood Roaches, Waldschaben)Superfamily: BlalttoideaOrder: Blattodea (Syn.: Balttaria; Cockroaches and Termites, Schaben und Termiten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subphylum: HexapodaPhylum: Arthropodamore info:
bie.ala.org.au/species/Polyzosteria+cupreaSW-Australia, Nornalup: Conspicuous Cliff, 20m asl., 14.11.2010(IMG_7370)
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Letaba, Limpopo, South Africa
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Puerto Cahuita, Limon, Costa Rica
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Another cockroach in the bush with its ootheca (egg). Zonioploca bicolor ShawThanks for the ID David Rentz Note: Blattellidae has been changed to Ectobiidae
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Rumah Liam, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Euzosteria sordida ID David Rentz Quite a pretty cockroach, I suspect of it chasing one of the many silverfish running around.How do you like the spines on the legs? Photo: Fred
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It is always a pleasure to find one of these.Polyzosteria mitchelli Coolcalalaya Photo: Fred
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Polyzosteria fulgens MackerrasThanks for the ID David Rentz 14-1-2012
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Pretty cockroachSitting it on my finger was one way to stop it from running. :-)Zonioploca medilinea (Tepper)Thanks for the ID David Rentz
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Skukuza, Mpumalanga, South Africa