Panesthia australis
Common wood cockroach at Mitchell, ACT
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| Panesthia australis | Illilanga | 28 Feb 2021 | |
| Platyzosteria melanaria | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Jan 2021 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 17 Dec 2020 |
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3 comments
11 Jan 2021
I can't confidently ID to species level, as not enough detail. Happy to call it Platyzosteria sp. Michael M could you please add that to the list.
22 Feb 2021
I think it looks like a juvenile (penultimate instar?) Panesthia. The relatively short, spiny legs and the form of the abdomen (transversely convex and with the apex broad and dorsally pitted) suggest that genus. And the excavated galleries in the timber it is on look like the work of Panesthia.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.132500-35.224167
- Altitude 658.0m
- Maps Crace Grasslands
- Places Mitchell, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2020 12:51 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Panesthia australis Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) Insects
Species information
- Panesthia australis Scientific name
- Common wood cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1549m Recorded at altitude
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