The beautiful Ellipsidion nymph (Ellipsidion australe)
The last instar of an attractively coloured cockroach. About 16mm long. Yellow-orange cerci; black patches with fine white spots; boot-leather tan near margins; black legs and antennae; a fine yellow edge to the cephallo-thorax (which becomes clear like glass in adult form.
Found resting on the trunk of a 'Silver Princess' eucalyptus planted in a local school ground.
This Austral Ellipsidion Cockroach looks beautiful. Its body is orange-brown to dark brown with white patterns. Its thorax is dark brown with a good looking yellow around the edge. The cockroach adult is winged, with brown forewings covered the black and white abdomen. Male and female look almost the same. Nymphs have the similar body structure except wingless.
Similar species: Cockroaches And Termites
By Mark Ridgway
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Uploaded Mar 23, 2016. Captured Nov 23, 2013 15:30 in LOT 26 Talaskia Rd, Upper Ferntree Gully VIC 3156, Australia.
