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Fulvous Wood Cockroach

Parcoblatta fulvescens

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 4, February 5, March 4, April 6, May 5, June 3, July 3, August 2, September 3, October 4, November 3, December 3.
United States260
Georgia45
South Carolina30
Texas22
Alabama16
North Carolina15
New York3
New Jersey3
Virginia2
New Mexico1

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
FamilyBlattellidae
GenusNorth American Wood Cockroaches · Parcoblatta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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