Stats

Lifespan

Approx. 1 yr

Size

Small

Diet

Omnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Subtropical woodland

Range

North and South America

Movement

Running

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Rare

About

This cockroach lives under leaf litter throughout North and South America. It ejects a foul-smelling chemical spray from its abdomen to deter hungry predators.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Blattodea

Family

Blattellidae

Genus

Ischnoptera

Species

Ischnoptera bilunata