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- This page contains pictures and information about Cockroaches in family Blattellidae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Nymph body length 10mm
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- Comparing with other cockroach families, species in this family are
relatively smaller in
size. In some species, the females are wingless. Some are active during the day
although most of them are nocturnal. They
are usually found on trees and shrubs. They may be hiding in the used
retreats built by caterpillars or spiders. They have long legs and run
fast.
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- There are
many beautiful cockroaches in the family, however, the well known pest - the German Cockroaches
(Blattella germanica) are also in this
family.
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Subfamily Pseudophyllodrominae - Beautiful Cockroaches
- Blattellid Cockroaches of the genera Ellipsidon and Balta are some of the most colourful of Australian cockroaches and can be found on flowers or
resting under the sun on leaves during the day. Their bright orange colours
suggest membership in Muellerian mimicry
complexes.
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- Austral Ellipsidion
Cockroach
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- Ellipsidion australe, adult body length 18mm, nymph body
length 16mm
- Not all cockroaches are ugly. Those Austral Ellipsidion Cockroaches look beautiful. Their body
is brown to dark brown with a white pattern. Although most other cockroaches are active at night,
this cockroach forages on foliage of shrubs during the daytime.
They are believed feed on pollen, honeydew and mould fungus. They run
away very fast when disturbed. They can be found in our backyards and
bushlands in Brisbane. We have more information about this cockroach in the Austral
Ellipsidion page.
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- Small Ellipsidion
  - Ellipsidion humerale, adult body length 12mm, nymph body
length 10mm
- This is a small size cockroach. Body is orange-brown in colours with white
patterns. The bottom of its abdomen is black with white
strips. There is also a white line between its thorax and its wings. More
information and pictures please click on here.
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- See-through Ellipsidion
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- Ellipsidion sp., adult body length 12mm, nymph body length
10mm
- This Ellipsidion Cockroach looks very similar to the above species except
the edges of thorax and wings are clean see-though. This cockroach is also
common in Brisbane. More pictures and infromation can be found in this page.
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- Beautiful Ellipsidion
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- Ellipsidion bicolor, adult body length 15mm, nymph body
length 10mm
- This Ellipsidion Cockroach has a black pattern on its orange-brown wings.
The edges of thorax and wings are clean see-though too. Please check this page
for more information.
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- Pale Ellipsidion
 - Ellipsidion sp., body length 15mm
- This cockroach looks like the German Cockroach. It has the distinct eye
pattern on its thorax. It is pale brown in colour . Its wings are transparence.
We found them easily in the bush on Moreton Island in mid-summer 2000.
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- Balta Cockroach I
 
- Balta sp., body length 15mm
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- Balta Cockroach II
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- Balta sp. body length 12mm
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- Balta Cockroach III
 - Balta sp. body length 12mm
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Subfamily Blattellinae
- Orange-brown Bush Cockroach
 - Beybienkoa or Johnrehnia sp., body length 15mm
- We found this cockroach once in Yimbin Park next to Bulimba Creek on Nov
2007.
- 1. Blattaria - Cockroaches - Graeme's Insects of Townsville, Australia.
- 2. Beybienkoa sp. - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser.
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- Shelford's Cockroach
 - Robshelfordia circumducta, body length 15mm
- Found this cockroach once near Buhot Creek on Daisy Hills on Feb 2011.
- 1. Grasshopper
Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz,
UNSW Press, 1996, p211.
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- Black Cockroach
 - ? sp., length 10mm
- This small winged cockroach is in dark brown colour found running on the wall
outside my house on early summer 2000.
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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p320.
- 2. Grasshopper
Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz,
UNSW Press, 1996, p211.
- 3. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 4. Family BLATTELLIDAE - A.M.E. Roach & D.C.F. Rentz, CSIRO Entomology, Australian Faunal Directory, Australian Biological Resources Study.
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