Wood Cockroaches

Family Ectobiidae

This is much larger than the species I find around Hobart. It looks a lot like Acanthinevania sp, but I suspect it isn't as Tony has highlighted two spikes on the back legs and this only seems to have one....

This little fella agreed to pose for a quick session today.

Cockroaches look beautiful when they are in a seal proof exhibit. Montreal Insectarium, May 2008.

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Really cool cockroach, female Catara minor. ID credit: Stefan Phalagorn.

Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

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These native cockroaches are always a delight to find.

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This one was maybe 1.25 in. long. Very feisty.

another cockroach..

quite cute though..with its eye like some nissan cefiro headlight..

Kingdom=Animalia

Phylum=Arthropoda

Class=Insecta

Order=Blattaria

A very interesting display on the habits of the urban cockroach, complete with a giant mock-up....

sigo con racha al estilo Lang

aint that cute! a big chocolate cockroach you can give to your honey bunny. (switzerland)

Nyctibora sp. seen on a night walk. Fausto Trail, Barro Colorado Island, Panama. 19 January 2012

I'm glad this isn't a real cockroach because I would have screamed.

Big cockroaches

Order: Blattaria

Family: Blattidae

Genus: Periplaneta

Species: P. americana

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Olympus XZ-1

Baby hissing cockroaches.

Ellipsidion humerale

Such a pretty cockroach

Australian Cockroach

Set of close up view of asian cockroach on white background.

I actually got to hold one and it was WEIRD

These things were huge!

Cockroaches:

Even makes manly-man scream!

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Can you believe it? I almost forgot to upload the best photo from Halloween at the Asbury Lanes. I was a bit drunk by this point, so I think my steady hands deserve a round of applause.

Incidentally, I can't recall if he said he was a space cockroach or not -- it was some kind of space bug, though. He made the whole thing himself, over a few months -- and he won the costume contest, obviously.

Oriental Cockroach, Mae Hia, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Close up view of asian cockroach on white background.

Ew. I had to have B take this picture because I was too grossed out.

Nikon D7100

Tokina 100mm Macro

scanner lens with homemade adapter.

f/5.6 - 1/250 - ISO 100

Ext Flash - homemade Diffuser

60 images stacked (manual micrometer)

Cariblatta lutea

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