Parcoblatta americana, the western wood cockroach, is a species of wood cockroach that occurs in Mexico and the western United States.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Western Wood Cockroach being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Parcoblatta virginica
- Parcoblatta uhleriana
- Crescispina japonica
- Periplaneta lateralis
- Parcoblatta pennsylvanica
- Loboptera canariensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Blattellidae
- Genus
- Parcoblatta
- Species
- Parcoblatta americana
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