Unidentified Roach Species
Harlequin

Unidentified Roach Species

Does anyone know what species this roach is? I'm not a roach guy, but I found a colony of these things over the weekend. They're very tiny (most were <5mm) and were black with 4 peripheral spots. They're in a tropical hothouse of a zoo, so they could have been brought in from anywhere in the world.
Cool. After doing a search on P. fuliginosa, that looks like a likely identification. I'm glad I didn't pick any of them up... :p
Thanks guys!
 
@Harlequin Well it's not like these can infest houses or anything, they breed outside around human habitations and often wander in but do not breed indoors, unlike the nasty german or brownbanded roaches.

No problem, happy to help! :)
 

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