A pest species found throughout the world.
Buy this dead insect for local school collection projects in the following states though they probably occur also in unlisted neighboring states to some extent.
Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massahusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
Taxonomy | Body Length | ~38mm | ||
Kingdom | Animalia | Wingspan | n/a | |
Phylum | Arthropoda | Life Stage | Varies | |
Class | Insecta | Status | Frozen | |
Order | Blattodea | Bugguide Info & Photos | ||
Family | Blattidae | |||
Subfamily | -- | |||
Genus | Periplaneta | |||
Species | americana | |||
Common Name | American Cockroach |