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Photo by Vishal
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Field Notes

Description:

Location : Western Ghats (Sahayadri mountains), Maharashtra India
Size : about 1/2 inch (without antennae).

Notes:

Don't know much about this insect.
Initially I thought of it to be a beetle / ladybird but a closer look now and it only has colours to fool the untrained eye (yours truly) into believing it to be some sort of beetle. The body is exactly like a cockroach.

Species ID Suggestions

No common name

Eucorydia ornata

Reference Link
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Comments (2)
Vishal
@Bayucca I guess you are right. Do you know the exact species. Initially I thought of it to be a beetle but a closer look now and it only has colours to fool the untrained eye (yours truely) into believing it to be some sort of beetle. The body is exactly like a cockroach. However this is unlike any of the common household cockroaches. Also worth mentioning that this one was spotted in the wild.
bayucca
I think this one is a Blattodea, Cockroach. http://www.thaibugs.com/wp-content/gallery/cockroaches/Blattoptera%20(Cockroach)3.jpg

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Mission
Biodiversity of Western Ghats (India)
Photographed
PublishedJuly 17, 2013

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