Bark cockroach at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Laxta sp. (genus) | 13 Mar 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Molytria sp. (genus) | 1 Feb 2017 | RogerF | ||
| Laxta sp. (genus) | 1 Feb 2017 | MatthewFrawley |
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2 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
9 Feb 2017
I think this is a Laxta. It looks a lot like the nymph of L. friedmani figured in Rentz's 'A guide to the cockroaches of Australia'. The adult females are said to look the same.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.076085-35.384355
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 1 Feb 2017 04:12 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Insects Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
Species information
- Laxta sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Bark cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1220.08m Recorded at altitude
- 51 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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