Melanozosteria dookiensis
Dookie woodland cockroach at Hume, ACT
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| Melanozosteria dookiensis | Illilanga | 25 Sep 2020 | |
| Melanozosteria dookiensis | KimPullen | 23 Sep 2020 | |
| Unverified | HarveyPerkins | 18 Dec 2017 |
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3 comments
22 Dec 2017
This one looks quite distinctive, but I can't match it to anything in Rentz's 'Guide to the cockroaches of Australia' (CSIRO, 2014), although it does appear to belong to the Blattidae.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.179798-35.376591
- Maps Jerrabomberra Grassland
- Places Hume, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 16 Dec 2017 09:38 AM Recorded on
- HarveyPerkins Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Illilanga flagged sightings HarveyPerkins Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melanozosteria dookiensis Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) Insects
Species information
- Melanozosteria dookiensis Scientific name
- Dookie woodland cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 690m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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3 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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