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    • Cucarachas y termitas
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    • Blattodea
    • Blattaria
    • Isoptera
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    • Cockroaches and Termites
    • cockroaches

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Recent observations

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Observer

artmur

Date

May 18, 2013

Photos

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What

American Cockroach Periplaneta americana

Observer

tcrider

Date

May 12, 2013

Photos

Square

What

Termites Epifamily Termitoidae

Observer

kaldari

Date

May 11, 2013 02:16 PM PDT

Photos

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What

American Cockroach Periplaneta americana

Observer

nhmordenana

Date

May 9, 2013 09:31 PM PDT

Photos

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Observer

kschnei

Date

Aug 17, 2009

Photos

Square

What

Termites Epifamily Termitoidae

Date

Apr 29, 2013

Photos

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Observer

fm5050

Date

Apr 27, 2013 03:44 PM EDT

Description

Chino Farms BioBlitz April 27, 2013

Photos

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What

German cockroach Blattella germanica

Observer

jim_s

Date

Apr 30, 2013

Place

(Somewhere...)

Photos

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Observer

erendiracanales

Date

Apr 28, 2013

Photos

What

Japanese termite Reticulitermes speratus

Observer

sanalbert

Date

Apr 27, 2013 01:24 PM KST

Description

Found termite nest near home
Black, winged termites were preparing to fly
They were about 3/8 in.
Smaller, white workers(approx.1/4in.) and soldiers(approx.5/16in.) were also seen
Soldiers had big, orange heads with big jaws
Big white termites(approx.3/8in.) that looked similar to workers were observed
They had big abdomens
Black wingless termites(approx.5/16in.) were also seen

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Photos

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Observer

gennita

Date

Apr 19, 2013
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Description from Wikipedia

Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria or Blattodea. The name cockroach comes from the Spanish word cucaracha, chafer, beetle, from cuca "kind of caterpillar." The scientific name derives from the Latinized Greek name for the insect (Doric Greek: βλάττα, blátta; Ionic and Attic Greek: βλάττη, bláttē; Latin: Blatta).