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Native Bush Cockroach,

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order : Blattodea 
Family: Blattidae
Species: Celatoblatta 
Common name: Native Bush Cockroach,

This is a small cockroach, up to 15mm body length and is a NZ native and of  about 16 species. Found  In logs and leaf litter, under loose bark. It favours damp, dark habitats It is wingless and is not a household pest. it is introduced into a house usually by firewood. They are omnivorous, and may feed on all sorts of organic materials. They can even eat dead wood, which they digest with the help of symbiotic gut flora.

Juvenile Bush Cockroach


Adult of one of the 16 species 

Celatoblatta




Adult

 


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