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Western Wood Cockroach

Parcoblatta americana

1,487 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 California.January 42, February 36, March 44, April 65, May 101, June 86, July 44, August 29, September 37, October 38, November 49, December 38.
United States563
California473
Oregon53
Nevada40
Washington6
Idaho4
Nebraska3
Mexico3
Baja California3

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

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