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American Cockroach

Periplaneta americana

Photo by ecbauer2
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large cockroach, can be a pest indoors. 1-1/2 inch long, reddish brown with pale band on edge of pronotum.

Habitat:

Often move from sewers into homes, schools, and other buildings.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Hi ecbauer2 and welcome to Project Noah. Your reference should be to a document which can be used identify or confirm the identification of the organism, not a private websites. Links to private websites should be in your profile only. Please refer to our FAQs http://www.projectnoah.org/faq and Terms http://www.projectnoah.org/terms for further information.
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PublishedJune 20, 2013

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