Blattodea (order)

Unidentified cockroach at Bonner, ACT

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Identification history

	Blattodea (order)	4 Jan 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	3 Jan 2025	MegFluke

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egg/ootheca on bottlebrush, I’m keeping it to see what comes out…

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KimberiRP wrote:

3 Jan 2025

Cockroach ootheca.

MegFluke wrote:

14 Jan 2025

I really shouldn’t be surprised but I saw nine tiny wasps instead of a cockroach when I looked in the container today - I’m assuming they’re Evaniidae (family), but there are nine and apparently Evaniidae only lay one egg per ootheca…
Unfortunately I didn’t choose a great container so it’s hard to get (good) photos, but I’ve popped them in the fridge so I can transfer them to something better to take pictures of them.

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Location information

Places Bonner, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
MegFluke Recorded by
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MegFluke Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) Insects Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

bottlebrush Associated plant
Less than 5mm Animal size

Species information

Blattodea (order) Scientific name
Unidentified cockroach Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 749m Recorded at altitude
63 images trained Machine learning
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