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Dubia Cockroach

Blaptica dubia

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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized (1.25"/3cm) bown with orange spots. Only the male has full wings, but is a poor flyer (see picture); female has only wing stubs. Brown with muted orange spots/splotches. Other common names: Orange-spotted cockroach; Guyana spotted cockroach. Young hatch inside females.

Habitat:

New World (from Central America to northern Argentina) frugivore found in rainforest habitats where it can find fruits.

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Blaptica dubia

Species ID Suggestions

No Common Name

Subfamily Epilamprinae
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Comments (2)
Hisserdude
100% not Blaptica dubia, that species looks quite different from this specimen. This guy is a member of the [url=http://cockroach.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1172952]Epilamprinae[/url], however an ID beyond that is not probable without help from a taxonomist specializing in that group.

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PublishedAugust 29, 2013

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