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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Cockroaches and Termites (Blattodea) » Blattoidea » Blattidae » Blattinae » Periplaneta » Smoky Brown Cockroach (Periplaneta fuliginosa)
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Smokeybrown cockroach - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Copyright © 2008 mellowyellow01

Smokeybrown cockroach - Periplaneta fuliginosa
Carlsbad, San Diego County, California, USA
September 10, 2008
Size: 2"-2.5"
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Contributed by mellowyellow01 on 2 November, 2008 - 10:32am
Last updated 3 November, 2008 - 7:54pm

Interesting.
At that size it is not likely a wood cockroach. Reminds me of a "smoky brown" cockroach, but was unaware they occurred in California....Puzzling.
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 November, 2008 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Smokybrown cockroach
I agree, with that pronotum it must be Periplaneta fuliginosa. I just pulled a reference that states that they have been found in central and southern California: Appel, Rust, and Reierson. 1990. The smokybrown cockroach: a potential new cockroach pest now in California. Calif. Agric. 44(4):23–24.
… John Carlson, 2 November, 2008 - 11:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
Just terrific, eh?:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 November, 2008 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

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