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Balta Cockroach

Balta Spuria

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Field Notes

Description:

1.5 to 2cm

Notes:

This cockroach is trying to keep warm on a chilly night in spring by hanging around a driveway light in a garden

Reference Links:

Cockroaches - Blattodea | Insect Gallery

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Comments (2)
StephenSolomons
Lol, yes, I have never figured out how they do it but they seem to be able to lurch just as the digital processing starts
Mark Ridgway
I was chasing one of these with the camera last night. They know when you're about to click.

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Flora & Fauna of New South Wales
Mission
Backyard Habitats of the World
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2013

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