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Madagascar hissing cockroach

Gromphadorhina portentosa

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Field Notes

Description:

Tan body with black headpiece. Males typically have two horn like bridges on the top of the headpiece.

Notes:

The first three pictures with the insect with the lighter colored brown body is a female, the second two pictures are of a juvenile insect (the sex is yet unknown).

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PublishedMarch 10, 2013

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