Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)

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A good reference for Cockroaches is the book “A Guide to the Cockroaches of Australia” by David Rentz. https://www.publish.csiro.au/book/6710/

This webpage by the CSIRO is also useful:
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/order_overview.aspx?OrderID=42509&PageID=overview

Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families)

Discussion

trevorpreston wrote:

22 Nov 2023

This looks like Drymaplaneta communis. Rentz does not list this species as being in Tasmania, so this may mean it hasn't been documented here, or it has travelled here in mulch or pot plants. Of course I'm not 100% discounting there is a chance this may be a very similar species, but I am going with this for now.
Maybe @Youning could shed some light on this?

Drymaplaneta communis