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Oriental Cockroach
Opisthoplatia orientalis
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Surinam CockroachPycnoscelus surinamensisStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| China | 2,354 |
|---|---|
| Taiwan | 1,249 |
| Taiwan Province | 1,186 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | 758 |
| Yilan County | 274 |
| Taipei | 266 |
| New Taipei | 180 |
| Guangzhou Province | 166 |
| Japan | 160 |
| Hsinchu County | 110 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Ecological
- ColonialFrom its classification
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Cockroaches and Termites · Blattodea |
| Family | Giant Cockroaches · Blaberidae |
| Genus | Opisthoplatia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Oriental Cockroach with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.