Cariblatta lutea is a small species of cockroach native to the United States and other countries, measuring usually around 7 millimeters long as an adult and under 2 millimeters from head tip to abdomen tip at the 1st instar or hatchling. It consists of two subspecies, the small yellow cockroach (Cariblatta lutea lutea), and the least yellow cockroach (Cariblatta lutea minima).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Small yellow 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
- Cariblatta minima
- Neoblattella detersa
- Latiblattella tarasca
- Ectobius pallidus
- Latiblattella rehni
- Chorisoneura texensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Blattodea
- Family
- Pseudophyllodromiidae
- Genus
- Cariblatta
- Species
- Cariblatta lutea
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