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
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.