#blattidae

[bowelfly]

as a doctor i'm prescribing you 700mg of look at some bugs

[platycryptus]

Florida skunk roach (Eurycotis floridana) grazing on wheat bran

[ljsbugblog]

exquisite creature chilling under some gumtree bark.

Unknown Cockroach (genus Methana).

[herpsandbirds]

Mitchell's Diurnal Cockroach (Polyzosteria mitchelli), family Blattidae, order Blattodea, Bunjil, Western Australia

photograph by v_winter

[anime-insect-of-the-day]

Today’s anime insects of the day are: the giant cockroaches from Gintama

Order: Blattodea

Family: Blattidae(?)

[snototter]

An American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) nymph in Pattaya, Thailand

by Len Worthington

[creatureimages]

la cucaracha methana

[drhoz]

#2566 - Celatoblatta sp. - Hooded Cockroach

A genus of Blattidae roach found in Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, although it's likely the genus will need to be broken up. The 14 NZ species seem to be a genuine grouping, though.

The New Zealand Celatoblatta are all flightless and most live in forest, but four live above the tree line. The Otago alpine cockroach Celatoblatta quinquemaculata can survive freezing down to -9 °C - quite a rare ability.

St Arnaud, Southern Alps, New Zealand

[onenicebugperday]

Female harlequin cockroaches with oothecae (egg cases), Neostylopyga rhombifolia,Blattidae

Photo 1 by william91803, 2 byhydrophilus, and 3 by armandoaraniegues

[crevicedwelling]

cockroaches have always been a group I hold in high esteem among the insects, and I saw a lot of nice ones in Singapore & Malaysia this past summer.

first is the tiny Pseudophyllodromia laticeps, whose name means ‘broad-headed’ but really most of its head are huge eyes! unlike the rest of these cockroaches, which are nocturnal, these flit around in daylight like houseflies and are just as quick to take flight when approached.

I’m not fully sure what these next two are, perhaps blatellids.

Allacta is another pseudophyllodromiid and a very charming one, with delicate white markings on a shiny black background.

epilamprines are a lovely group of blaberid cockroaches that are diverse in the area; these three were Rhabdoblatta of three different species. the last one there was probably the prettiest roach I saw on the trip; sadly it was found dead on the path.

Pseudophorapsis nebulosa is a big epilamprine that tucks away its appendages and resembles a dead leaf during the day.

I’m not sure what these next two were, possibly more blaberids?

a male Pycnoscelus indicus was a nice sight—while very common, I’m only used to seeing female Pycnoscelus surinamensis, which descends directly from that species! several lineages of P. indicus independently developed the ability to clone themselves instead of mating; these female-only strains are together known as P. surinamensis.

the roach on the right is Ergaula pilosa, a cute burrowing cockroach (Corydiidae).

these two nonnative species need no introduction: Periplaneta australasiae and Periplaneta americana (Blattidae), two species that are big “pest” roaches worldwide. these two were just chilling in the forest, however.

blattids are a funny group since one bunch are all “pest roach-y” (the blattines above) but the rest are strictly outdoor species ranging from wildly colorful Australian forms to bumpy, ornate archiblattines like this Catara rugosicollis. I missed getting photos of another lovely species, Protagonista pertristis, which sprayed my hands with an eye-wateringly-powerful scent of oranges before making her escape into the leaf litter.

[papayajuan2019]

in the end, the blattidae always come out on top

[academiccockroach]

I’m not a girlwoman or a boyman but some secret, third thing (Blattidae; sp.: Periplaneta americana)

[writer59january13]

The humble cockroach -

Survival of one wreath speck table insect, (poll ease pod din me Elmer Fudd speak) thus earning hardy laurels nsync with inxs of standing kudos ranking as bajillion year old species scientific name: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae) throve for more than 300 million years, not surprisingly they constitute one of the oldest groups of insects on the earth. Longevity of twittering, skittering, and buzzfeeding critters survival witnessed their collective essence being gifted with best in class adaptation techniques particularly with debut appearance of naked ape slowly evolving into modern (wo)man, (after God - somewhat cagily took a rib from Adam), who when not resembling a rolling stone, nor asking sympathy for the devil furiously drove beasts of burden into dire straits down to the waterline. Much as yours truly feels squeamish about the the humble cockroach, (who most likely piggybacked as stowaway courtesy unbeknownst to people and hitched a ride across all four corners of the webbed wide world essentially becoming globetrotters), I chose said topic to broach as an object lesson how one creature

namely aforementioned adaptable creepy crawly creature made themselves quite at home raiding the pantries and refrigerators across wide stratification of income earners, not exclusively the purview solely nor singularly circumscribed and described by under-resourced people most often found

living and reproducing in cluttered city streets, parks, subway tunnels, and sewer systems— as well as inside houses and ramshackle buildings frequently woebegone tenements not strictly linkedin with Norwegian bachelor farmers but also make cameo appearances inside the coiffed hair of trumpeting dons subsequently hobnobbing with glitterati. German cockroaches are known for their prolific reproduction, with a female capable of producing up to 4 to 6 egg cases (oothecae) in her lifetime, each containing around 30 to 40 eggs. Under optimal conditions, they can go from egg to reproductive adult in as little as 100 days.

Cockroaches prefer dark places because they are nocturnal, so you will barely see them during the day. Hence, you will see them scuttle to hide when you turn on the basement or bathroom lights.

Thus yours truly attests to become easily spooked

out of his skin, and prone to utter bejesus then subsequently and immediately apt to swoon into a heap

of lovely bones

after espying a fast moving dark shape(s) videre licet pronouncing exaggerated silhouette cast courtesy moon shadow outsize profile shimmying and shaking

across the outer limits of the twilight zone

delineated by structures of silence.

Imagine dragons exudation regarding fiery breath,

which scary scene would not faze me in the least,

cuz I would whip out my handy dandy blue's clues and extinguish flaming forks courtesy water hose.

[herpsandbirds]

Any colorful roaches?

Colorful Cockroaches:

Of course my little chipmunk, lets see what I have...

Ball Cockroache (Perisphaerus spp.), family Blaberidae, Singapore

L - exuvia (shed exoskeleton) R - actual cockroach

photograph by Melvin Yeo

Mitchell’s Diurnal Cockroach (Polyzosteria mitchelli), family Blattidae, order Blattodea, Bunjil, Western Australia

photograph by v_winter

Eunyctibora bicolor, family Ectobiidae, Peru

photograph by Geoff Gallice

Cloud Forest Cockroach (Paratropes cf. bilunata), family Ectobiidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Matthew Kritzer

Ladybird Mimic Cockroach (Prosoplecta sp.), family Ectobiidae, Los Baños, Luzon, Philippines

photograph by George Beccaloni

Eushelfordia pica, family Ectobiidae, Ecuador

photograph by Andreas Kay

[ratsonas]

my entom professor complains about us doing poorly on the exam as if he did not teach us saying shit like. blattidae looks like a normal cockroach. psyllidae looks like a tiny cicada. sir how do i tell them apart from other families