Escala sp. (genus)

Escala cockroach at Gungahlin, ACT

Escala sp. (genus) at Gungahlin, ACT - 25 Feb 2017
Escala sp. (genus) at Gungahlin, ACT - 25 Feb 2017
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Identification history

Escala sp. (genus) 5 Mar 2017 KimPullen
Escala sp. (genus) 5 Mar 2017 KimPullen
Unidentified 25 Feb 2017 CedricBear

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KimPullen wrote:
   6 Mar 2017
Resembles Escala vestjensi, which however (according to 'A guide to the cockroaches of Australia' by David Rentz, CSIRO Publishing, 2014) is a tropical species.

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Additional information

  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

  • Escala sp. (genus) Scientific name
  • Escala cockroach Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 691.36m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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