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Egyptian Cockroach

Polyphaga aegyptiaca

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Greece.January 1, February 0, March 1, April 1, May 12, June 11, July 24, August 44, September 17, October 2, November 1, December 1.
Greece115
Israel78
Russia53
Egean50
Italy35
Turkey34
Iran34
Dagestan34
Tel Aviv27
Macedonia-Thrace26

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderCockroaches and Termites · Blattodea
FamilySand Cockroaches · Corydiidae
GenusPolyphaga

Sources

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Practise Egyptian Cockroach with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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