Periplaneta lateralis (also Shelfordella lateralis, Blatta lateralis), commonly known as the Turkestan cockroach, red runner cockroach, or rusty red cockroach, is a primarily outdoor-dwelling cockroach native to an area stretching from northern Africa to Central Asia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Turkestan 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 americana
- Parcoblatta pennsylvanica
- Neotemnopteryx fulva
- Crescispina japonica
- Blatta orientalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Blattidae
- Genus
- Periplaneta
- Species
- Periplaneta lateralis
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