Molytria perplexa
1 Bark Cockroach at Acton, ACT
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| Molytria perplexa | trevorpreston | 11 Jun 2023 | |
| Laxta granicollis | CarbonAI | 11 Apr 2023 | |
| Unidentifed Blaberidae | RogerF | 16 Nov 2022 | |
| Laxta sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 16 Nov 2022 | |
| Unverified | TimL | 16 Nov 2022 |
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User's notes
Very active. Sighted moving fast across a road and into the adjacent leaf litter.
2 comments
16 Nov 2022
I don't belive these are Laxta that are much more flattened and unicolorous, closer to the calolampra/molytria complex. Very close to the Molytria that I have discovered in the Gymnea lilies in ANBG. BTW these have produced offspring there
11 Apr 2023
I am sticking to my previous suggestions. Like many cockroaches in the the Calolampra, Molytria, Rhabdoblatta complex a specimen is needed to compare with the the collection at ANIC
Location information
- Coordinates 149.108060-35.277682
- Altitude 636.5m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Nov 2022 11:49 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Illilanga flagged sightings Insects Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Molytria perplexa
Species information
- Molytria perplexa Scientific name
- Bark Cockroach Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1032.87m Recorded at altitude
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