A Shelford cockroach at Fadden, ACT
Identification history
| Robshelfordia sp. (genus) | 8 Jul 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Ectobiidae sp. (family) | 15 Mar 2018 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Ectobiidae sp. (family) | 9 Feb 2018 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Feb 2018 | YumiCallaway |
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User's notes
Quick runner, often seen in the area.
3 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
9 Feb 2018
These come into my house too, see;
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3371666
http://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3371666
YumiCallaway
wrote:
10 Feb 2018
Ah yep. I often encounter them in the reserves under leaf litter as well as indoors. Awesome photos too! So clear for such a fast moving insect.
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
10 Feb 2018
Thanks. I caught it in a jar and photographed it while it was captured !
Location information
- Coordinates 149.112158-35.401290
- Altitude 680.2m
- Places Fadden, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 1 Feb 2018 08:34 AM Recorded on
- YumiCallaway Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) YumiCallaway
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 732m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
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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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