Robshelfordia circumducta
1 Shelford's Variable Cockroach at Lyneham, ACT
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| Robshelfordia circumducta | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Mar 2022 | |
| Unverified | megsclass | 8 Mar 2022 |
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2 comments
9 Mar 2022
A native cockroach that occurs across the Murray-Darling Basin and is important for breaking down organic material such as the decaying log under which you found it or the surrounding leaf litter- returning nutrients to the soil and making them available to plants.
9 Mar 2022
Thanks so much Michael - the kids will be delighted. They were very pleased to find a cockroach and we have already had a robust discussion about how cockroaches live not just in houses, but in the bush and what they do.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.125390-35.251388
- Maps Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South
- Places Lyneham, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 7 Mar 2022 12:51 PM Recorded on
- megsclass Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- Insects Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) megsclass Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Robshelfordia circumducta
Species information
- Robshelfordia circumducta Scientific name
- Shelford's Variable Cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 809.13m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
3 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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