Family Blaberidae - Blaberid Cockroaches
- Australian Wood Cockroach
Cockroaches in this family has shorter legs. Their cerci are very short or absent. Most of them live just under ground covers and slow moving.
- Surinam cockroach
- Pycnoscelus surinamensis, subfamily PYCNOSCELINAE, body length 25mm
- We sometimes find this dark brown cockroach wandering on grass during day time and night time. They are active at night. They are mahogany brown to black without any type of pattern. They are abundant outdoors in tree holes and wood logs. They prefers moist, dark and warm area. This is an introduced species. More information and pictures please click in here.
- Bark Cockroaches, Flat Cockroaches
- Photo: Keith Power, Toowoomba
- Laxta granicollis, subfamily EPILAMPRINAE, male, body length 25mm
- The above picture shows the adult male Bark Cockroach. The female is wingless and looks like the trilobite fossil. They have the very flat body and spend most of their time under bark or under logs. We sometimes find them during bush walking.
- Australian Wood Cockroach, Wood-boring Cockroach
- Panesthia australis., subfamily PANESTHIINAE, body length 25mm
- This cockroach has strong dark brown body and short spiny legs. They can be found under fallen rotten logs. They live in and feed on decaying wood that they burrow into. They are easily found in Eucalyptus forest. More pictures and information can be found in this page.
