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Planuncus tingitanus s.l. female carrying ootheca After various records without real proof (based on images being sent in) and a few animals captured that were certainly carried to the Netherlands from holiday travels to southern Europe, this is the first population where we have actual proof of this advenitive species settling an reproducing in the Netherlands.<br /> Specimen kindly sent to me from Gorinchem by Francien Walraven on waarneming.nl (thanks!)<br /> Detail of ootheca here:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69256/planuncus_tingitanus_s.l._-_teneral_ootheca_on_female.html" title="Planuncus tingitanus s.l. - teneral ootheca on female"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/69256_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=tF5LF0%2BqGFCJDgNaX89X63gRY7A%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Planuncus tingitanus s.l. - teneral ootheca on female A fresh ootheca on a Planuncus tingitanus s.l. in the process of being produced. It will rotate 90 degrees when completed and she will carry it around like that for a short while until it has hardened and she has found a good place to drop it.<br /> Image of complete scene here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69258/dscf0487_hd.html Blattodea,Cockroach,Ectobiidae,Ectobius,Ectobius vinzi,Planuncus,Planuncus tingitanus s.l.,ootheca,teneral" /></a></figure> Blattodea,Cockroach,Ectobiidae,Ectobius,Ectobius vinzi,Planuncus,Planuncus tingitanus s.l.,ootheca Click/tap to enlarge

Planuncus tingitanus s.l. female carrying ootheca

After various records without real proof (based on images being sent in) and a few animals captured that were certainly carried to the Netherlands from holiday travels to southern Europe, this is the first population where we have actual proof of this advenitive species settling an reproducing in the Netherlands.
Specimen kindly sent to me from Gorinchem by Francien Walraven on waarneming.nl (thanks!)
Detail of ootheca here:

Planuncus tingitanus s.l. - teneral ootheca on female A fresh ootheca on a Planuncus tingitanus s.l. in the process of being produced. It will rotate 90 degrees when completed and she will carry it around like that for a short while until it has hardened and she has found a good place to drop it.<br /> Image of complete scene here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69258/dscf0487_hd.html Blattodea,Cockroach,Ectobiidae,Ectobius,Ectobius vinzi,Planuncus,Planuncus tingitanus s.l.,ootheca,teneral

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    Jose Medina
    Katipo Spider
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    Fantastic capture
    Posted 6 years ago

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The Planuncus tingitanus s.l.

"Planuncus tingitanus s.l." is a working title for any of the species belonging to the "Planuncus tingitanus" species group, of the cockroach genus "Planuncus". As the exact status of some the species in this group can not be determined without more research, the whole species complex is referred to by the name of the oldest species in the group sensu lato.

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