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Surinam Cockroach

Pycnoscelus surinamensis

13,896 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 131, February 125, March 142, April 270, May 165, June 122, July 122, August 117, September 146, October 147, November 177, December 138.
United States3,918
Texas1,616
Mexico775
Brazil662
Louisiana265
China249
Hawaii202
Australia175
Sao Paulo152
Queensland150

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
FamilyGiant Cockroaches · Blaberidae
GenusPycnoscelus

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