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Polyzosteria aenea

3 Pink-tailed heath cockroach at Vincentia, NSW

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Identification history

Polyzosteria aenea	23 Nov 2023	trevorpreston
Polyzosteria aenea	24 Feb 2022	MichaelBedingfield
Polyzosteria aenea	23 Feb 2022	AnneG1

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I think this is a p.aenea or p.limbata. At one stage it raised it's rear end and it was very red. It was crawling across a sandy path and made it's way into low shrubbery.

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trevorpreston wrote:

28 Feb 2022

Great sighting. Our poor cockroaches are so often overlooked. Thank you.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.680358 -35.088347
Altitude 88.0m
Places Vincentia, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
18 Feb 2022 03:42 PM Recorded on
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Insects Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) AnneG1 South Coast NatureMapr

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

Species information

Polyzosteria aenea Scientific name
Pink-tailed heath cockroach Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 314.21m Recorded at altitude
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