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Mitchell's Cockroach

Polyzosteria metchelli

Photo by MackenzieKwak
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Dry arid

Notes:

Diurnal herbivore

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
MackenzieKwak
yea, i suspect variation of color based on variation in the gene pool they were collected from (woops, these are actually from the melbourne museum) however they could also be a different species, from the same genus?
Mark Ridgway
here's a link but maybe they got the name wrong because it looks different.... http://esperancewildlife.blogspot.com/2010/05/polyzosteria-mitchelli.html
Mark Ridgway
Nice roach ! Got any links to info on these? Are they Oz natives?
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PublishedJanuary 8, 2012

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