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Sunday, October 13, 2013

Cockroaches are cool!

Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria or Blattodea, of which about 30 species out of 4,500 total are associated with human habitats. About four species are well known as pests. (Source: Wikipedia)
So only 30 species out of 4,500 are associated with human habitats, and out of the 30 species, only 4 of them are pests! Just because of these four pest species, there's really no reason to hate the rest of the outdoor cockroaches!

Just see for yourself how cool and beautiful some bush cockroaches are!

Really cool cockroach, female Catara rugosicollis. Gunung Gading, Sarawak.
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A different specimen, also a female Catara rugosicollis. ID credit: Stefan Phalagorn. Selangor, Malaysia.
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Catara rugosicollis, male
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Catara rugosicollis
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From Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Catara minor. ID credit: Stefan Phalagorn
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Big cockroach, taken at 1:1 on crop sensor. Mature male Catara rugosicollis. Pahang. ID credit: Stefan Phalagorn.
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Another big one, also taken at 1:1 on crop sensor. Selangor.
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Male Catara rugosicollis
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Morphna dotata (Walker, 1869). - ID credit: Stefan Phalagorn
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Morphna dotata
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Morphna dotata
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Giant cockroach, Corydiidae, Ergaula sp. Kuala Lumpur.
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Laying an ootheca?
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Ergaula sp.
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Male Ergaula sp. roach. Selangor, Malaysia.
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Unidentified roach. Malaysia.
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Trophobiosis between lantern bug and cockroach. The lantern bugs are Pyrops cultellatus yoshiakii Nagai & Porion, 2002. The roach is Dorylaea sp., possibly D. heinzei
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More exotic lantern bugs here.

Good looking one. Pahang. Unidentified
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Really cool pill roach. Petaling Jaya. Perisphaerus sp.
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Perisphaerus sp.
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Metallic Pill Cockroach, Perisphaerus sp.
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A molting cockroach. Kuala Lumpur.
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Another newly molted cockroach. Dorylaea sp. Malaysia.
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Another colorful roach, Sundablatta sexpunctata. ID credit: Psarus. Selangor, Malaysia.
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Cristian Caballes Lucañas: perhaps a nymph of Rhabdoblatta (Blaberidae:Epilamprinae) depending on the locality. Semi aquatic roaches. Pahang, Malaysia
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This one was slightly bigger. Pahang, Malaysia.
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Also a semi aquatic roach? Selangor.
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Gotta love the marking on this one. Allacta diagrammatica. Kuala Lumpur.
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Selangor.
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Another cute little one. Kuala Lumpur.
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Kuala Lumpur.
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Kuala Lumpur
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Petaling Jaya. Pseudophyllodromia sp.
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Pseudophyllodromia sp.
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This one was feeding one some decaying seed? Pseudophyllodromia sp.
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Feeding on pollen(?). Kuala Lumpur.
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Kuala Lumpur. Hemithyrsocera histrio?
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Hemithyrsocera vittata. Kuala Lumpur.
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Self preening
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This one had many babies underneath. Penang.
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One of the babies.
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Pseudophoraspis sp.?
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Not sure whose ootheca. Selangor.
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Unidentified roach. Selangor, Malaysia.
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A male roach trying to impress a female, I think. Epilamprine or near. Selangor, Malaysia.
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A mating pair of roaches.
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More bug porn here.

Another unidentified one. Selangor, Malaysia.
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Paranauphoeta lyrata - ID credit: Invertebrate DudeSelangor, Malaysia.
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A house centipede with roach prey. Selangor, Malaysia.
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Sorineuchora sp.
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Newly molted roach, ID?
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Allacta  sp. roach, Thailand
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Archiblatta sp. roach with ootheca. Malaysia.
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Orange colored roach, no ID.
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