Small Ellipsidion - Ellipsidion humerale
Family Blattellidae
This page contains pictures and information about the Small Ellipsidion Bush Cockroaches that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 12mm
- 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.
Nymph - We found them in our backyard as well as in the bushes during day time in mid-summer. We believed they feed on pollen, honeydew and mould fungus.
- They wander on leaves between plants. As most other cockroaches, they are very good runner.
- Reference:
- 1. Grasshopper Country - the Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia, D Rentz, UNSW Press, 1996, plate364, p230.
- 2. Northern Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
