American cockroach

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Noun1.American cockroach - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributedAmerican cockroach - large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
cockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
genus Periplaneta, Periplaneta - cosmopolitan genus of large cockroaches
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Lunkerhunt offers the Yappa Bug, a 2%-inch waterbug look-a-like with a Jitterbug-style lip to make it waddle slowly across the surface or pivot back and forth in walk-the-dog fashion.
Abundance and age-specific spatial and temporal distribution in two waterbug species, Anisops deanei (Notonectidae) and Ranatra dispar (Nepidae) in three farm dams in south Australia.
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Gooderham J and Tsyrlin E (2002) The waterbug book: a guide to the freshwater macroinvertebrates of temperate Australia.
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Male backspace availability in the giant waterbug (Belostorna flumineurn Say).
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'Community monitoring generally works well for things that need to be measured or counted, but biodiversity assessments are orders of magnitude more esoteric,' says John Gooderham, author of The Waterbug Book, and the driving force behind a pilot project to boost the invertebrate species recognition powers of Waterwatch Victoria volunteers.