A Shelford cockroach at Conder, ACT
Identification history
| Robshelfordia sp. (genus) | 8 Jul 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Ectobiidae (family) | 3 May 2017 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Ectobiidae (family) | 13 Apr 2017 | roachie | ||
| Unverified | 15 Feb 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Size - length 8mm; moves very fast; this species comes into the house regularly at this time of the year; Conder, ACT.
3 comments
KimPullen
wrote:
12 May 2018
I would be loathe to take this further than family Ectobiidae, as it looks like an immature. I fully grown one might be easier.
trevorpreston
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
Is there a chance this could be Robshelfordia simplex as recently spotted in Sherwood Forest? The patterning looks right and the Cercus look like they are pointing upward which I believe is a trait of the species.
There are a few others placed in Ectobiidae sp. (family) which I also think might be Robshelfordia simplex. Rentz Guide to Cockroaches of Australia does place a population of this species in eastern Australia despite the name of Shelfords Western Cockroach.
There are a few others placed in Ectobiidae sp. (family) which I also think might be Robshelfordia simplex. Rentz Guide to Cockroaches of Australia does place a population of this species in eastern Australia despite the name of Shelfords Western Cockroach.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
10 Feb 2021
I agree that it is Robshelfordia sp. See conversation on sighting 4347075:- Robshelfordia sp. (genus) (A Shelford cockroach)
We could be confident to ID the other Ectobiidae sp. (family) I have submitted as Robshelfordia sp.
We could be confident to ID the other Ectobiidae sp. (family) I have submitted as Robshelfordia sp.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101474-35.464714
- Altitude 629.0m
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 13 Feb 2017 05:43 AM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
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MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Robshelfordia sp. (genus) Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Robshelfordia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A Shelford cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 822m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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