Cockroaches (Blattodea)

Distinctive creamy-white horseshoe marking Travelling Methana Methana marginalis is a native cockroach species found throughout Queensland coastal regions and was introduced to Norfolk Island where it is more abundant than in its normal range. Note the prominent and...

Wingless native cockroaches Museum Victoria says, "Body mostly black or dark brown, smooth and shiny. No wings. Legs spiny and antennae long. Body up to 5 cm long. Native Cockroaches are active at night, moving about on the ground. They can produce a smelly defensive...

Striking bush cockroach The Eastern Ellipsidion Ellipsidion australe is beautiful bush cockroach widespread from the north of the Northern Territory right along the east coast of Australia to Victoria. This one in the photo was escaping from an area where we were...

Beautiful cockroach Common Ellipsidion Ellipsidion humerale is a beautiful cockroach common in Brisbane, northern parts of Australia including North Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia as well at New Guinea. Brisbane Insects says, "This is a small...