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Trilobite roach
Laxta granicollis
-37.8997, 145.311
Field Notes
Description:
About 22mm long, very hard and flat and looking very trilobytish.
Habitat:
Hiding under some firewood in an outer urban back yard.
Notes:
Also called 'Bark roaches' these are also notable for their communal behaviour! <br>
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_cockroaches/BarkCockroach.htm <br>
Subfamily: Epilamprinae <br>
Family: Blaberidae <br>
Reference Links:
Flat Cockroach - Australian Museum
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 24, 2014
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