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Balta sp. bush cockroach A bush cockroach, one of the few diurnal species within genus Balta.<br /> <br /> 15 mm length<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/104426/slim_and_svelte.html" title="Slim and svelte"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3314/104426_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1763596810&Signature=j%2FkAl25KMem%2FgXXOjp94kW0cRHc%3D" width="200" height="182" alt="Slim and svelte A bush cockroach, one of the few diurnal species within genus Balta. <br /> <br /> 15 mm length<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/104574/balta_sp._bush_cockroach.html Australia,Balta spuria,Blattodea,Cockroach,Ectobiidae,Geotagged,Macro,arthropod,fauna,insect,invertebrate,new south wales,summer" /></a></figure> Arthropod,Australia,Australian bush cockroach,Balta,Blattodea,Ectobiidae,Geotagged,Macro,fauna,insect,invertebrate,new south wales,summer Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Balta sp. bush cockroach

A bush cockroach, one of the few diurnal species within genus Balta.

15 mm length

Slim and svelte A bush cockroach, one of the few diurnal species within genus Balta. <br /> <br /> 15 mm length<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/104574/balta_sp._bush_cockroach.html Australia,Balta spuria,Blattodea,Cockroach,Ectobiidae,Geotagged,Macro,arthropod,fauna,insect,invertebrate,new south wales,summer

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
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    Gorgeous cockroach! Posted 4 years ago
  2. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Great shot, Ruth! Cockroaches are so hard to get photos of! They are too fast for me. Posted 4 years ago
  3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Anybody know what the tail-like appendages are for? Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Ruth Spigelman's profile
      Ruth Spigelman
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      Hi Ferdy, they are called cerci and act as sensors. Sensitive to slight air movements around them, covered in socketed hairs, each hair has a preferred stimulus direction determined by the attachment site - amazing. Ensuring an advantage in regard predators. Posted 4 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Thank you Ruth! Posted 4 years ago

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By Ruth Spigelman

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Uploaded Nov 18, 2020. Captured Dec 15, 2018 11:46 in 38 Rowan Cres, Merewether NSW 2291, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/99s
  • ISO200
  • 100mm

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