brown-banded cockroach

insect
Also known as: Supella longipalpa

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characteristics

  • Madagascar hissing cockroach
    In cockroach: Family Ectobiidae

    The brown-banded cockroach (Supella longipalpa) resembles the German cockroach but is slightly smaller. The male has fully developed wings and is lighter in color than the female, whose wings are short and nonfunctional. Both sexes have two light-colored bands across the back. The adult lifespan is…

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