family

Household Cockroaches

Blattidae

Field notes

Blattidae is a cockroach family in the order Blattodea containing several of the most common household cockroaches. Notable species include:

Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis),

Common shining cockroach (Drymaplaneta communis),

Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana),

Periplaneta spp:

American cockroach (P. americana),

Australian cockroach (P. australasiae),

Brown cockroach (P. brunnea),

Smokybrown cockroach (P. fuliginosa),

Turkestan cockroach (P. lateralis),

Botany Bay cockroach (Polyzosteria limbata)

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native household cockroaches All

Native to the US, by observations.