Ectoneura pallidula
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| Ectoneura pallidula | trevorpreston | 28 Feb 2024 | |
| Ectoneura pallidula | trevorpreston | 28 Feb 2024 | |
| Calolampra sp. (genus) | CarbonAI | 26 Feb 2024 | |
| Ectobiinae (subfamily) | CathB | 26 Feb 2024 |
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Significant sighting
trevorpreston noted:
28 Feb 2024
This is the first sighting of this species for Canberra and Southern Tablelands, and a new species for NatureMapr.
User's notes
Under rock
3 comments
26 Feb 2024
Nice find Cath! A rarely seen cockroach in this area. I will try and identify this.
28 Feb 2024
While not having been reported before in this area, I think this is Ectoneura pallidula, a strongly coloured one. (See A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia by David Rentz p 253.)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.074182-35.266847
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 20 Feb 2024 08:53 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- Significant Featured CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Ectoneura pallidula Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) Insects
Species information
- Ectoneura pallidula Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 593m Recorded at altitude
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