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Common shining cockroach - Drymaplaneta communis. Wandering around in our garden. Australia,Common shining cockroach,Drymaplaneta communis,Fall,Geotagged Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Common shining cockroach - Drymaplaneta communis.

Wandering around in our garden.

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The common shining cockroach is a cockroach native to south-east Australia. It feeds on organic matter and is often found under the bark of eucalypt trees. During the late 1990s and 2000s, this cockroach appears to have had a population explosion in Sydney and Melbourne and is commonly found inside houses.

Similar species: Cockroaches And Termites
Species identified by Ernst
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Uploaded May 24, 2025. Captured May 24, 2025 11:14 in 65 Franklin Parade, Encounter Bay SA 5211, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/332s
  • ISO400
  • 180mm