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This hissing cockroach is another example of many of the beetles and terrestrial insects that inhabit the desert feeding on rotting matter. These insects scavenge the sand in search of food constantly. They are a key part to the function and the flow of their ecosystem. Just as the Garbage cleanup that happens within our own lives is key to the prosperity of our society. Without it disease would spread and the cleanliness of our environment would be non existent. And in the desert the lack of rain makes decomposition a much longer process. So with the help of these decomposers, the desert remains clean of rot and disease allowing for all other organisms to prosper without the threat of illness and improves the overall health of the ecosystem.
A cockroach in the Silk Road Guesthouse in Kharaneq, Iran.
Torakka Silk Road Guesthousessa Kharaneqissa, Iranissa.
Some common cockroach, which is found outside as well as from time to time inside.
Near Mount Barker, Western Australia
A green roach! How cool is that? Never seen one before. Selangor, Malaysia.
Edit: Sorineuchora sp. - suggested by:Cristian Caballes Lucañas
More cool Blattodea: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2013/10/cockroaches-are-cool.html
June 16, 2006 The Cockroaches © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 2006 Silver Dollar, Toronto
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Yet another little Tasmanian cockroach. There seem to be just so many of them. I don't know if they are colour variations or different species. This one is much wider than our usual little Balta-like species.