Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Japanese 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
- Blatta orientalis
- Validiblatta fuliginosa
- Parcoblatta americana
- Parcoblatta uhleriana
- Tryonicus parvus
- Periplaneta lateralis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Blattidae
- Genus
- Crescispina
- Species
- Crescispina japonica
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