The Pennsylvania wood cockroach (Parcoblatta pennsylvanica) or Pennsylvanian cockroach is a common species of cockroach in eastern and central North America.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pennsylvania 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 americana
- Parcoblatta virginica
- Periplaneta lateralis
- Parcoblatta uhleriana
- Ischnoptera bilunata
- Phyllodromica maculata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Blattellidae
- Genus
- Parcoblatta
- Species
- Parcoblatta pennsylvanica
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