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Shelford's Cockroach - Robshelfordia circumducta

Family Blattellidae

This page contains pictures and  information about the Shelford's Cockroaches that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 12mm
 
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Robshelfordia circumducta, body length 15mm 
Found this cockroach once near Buhot Creek on Daisy Hills on Feb 2011. 
 

Reference:
1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, p211.

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