Woodland Cockroach

a cockroach from Kerio Valley, Kenya, photo © by Michael Plagens

Observed at night at electric lighting. Upper Kerio Valley, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kenya. Dec. 2015.

Natural habitats in the tropics are home to thousands of cockroach species - mostly very different than the few species that have taken up habitation with humans. The specimen here occurs outdoors and away from dwellings except that it's a winged male and was attracted to the lighting around a building.

Ectobiidae (Blattellidae) (?) -- a Cockroach Family

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