Austral Ellipsidion - Ellipsidion australe

 

[Device used: Nikon D3500, Pakenham, Victoria, Australia,OCT/2020]

The Beautiful Cockroach, Family Blattellidae [1]

The Austral Ellipsidion Cockroaches forage on foliage of shrubs during the daytime. They run away very fast when disturbed. They can be found in our backyards and bushlands in Brisbane.   

However, the Austral Ellipsidion Cockroaches never found inside houses. They always look beautiful and clean. 

Not all cockroaches are ugly. This Austral Ellipsidion Cockroach looks beautiful. Its body is orange-brown to dark brown with white patterns. Its thorax is dark brown with a good looking yellow around the edge. The cockroach adult is winged, with brown forewings covered the black and white abdomen. Male and female look almost the same. Nymphs have the similar body structure except wingless.

Cockroaches are classified in order Blattodea. Most of them are beautiful insects although this perception is always outweighed by their name "cockroaches". They have long spiny legs, their antennae are longer than their body. The body is usually flat and broad so that they can squeeze into very tight gaps. The head is small and pointing downwards, concealed under the pronotum.