Drymaplaneta communis

Eastern Wood Runner, Common Shining Cockroach at Millers Bluff, TAS

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Identification history

Drymaplaneta communis	22 Nov 2023	trevorpreston
Drymaplaneta communis	22 Nov 2023	trevorpreston
Unverified	21 Nov 2023	Philstudy88

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These cockroaches only appeared in my yard in the last year that i noticed

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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?

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Location information

Places Millers Bluff, TAS

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
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Insects Cockroaches (Blattodea, several families) Philstudy88 Tasmania NatureMapr

Additional information

5mm to 12mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

Species information

Drymaplaneta communis Scientific name
Eastern Wood Runner, Common Shining Cockroach Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1217.61m Recorded at altitude
70 images trained Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania