Polyzosteria viridissima

1 Alpine Metallic Cockroach at Cotter River, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 148.783363-35.518612
• Maps Namadgi National Park
• Places Cotter River, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 10 Mar 2019 02:39 PM Recorded on
• ChrisM Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) ChrisM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Grass bordering sphagnum bog Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Unknown Gender

Species information

• Polyzosteria viridissima Scientific name
• Alpine Metallic Cockroach Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1614m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
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