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Wood Cockroaches
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Wood Cockroaches

Ectobiidae

Ectobiidae (formerly Blattellidae) is a family of the order Blattodea (cockroaches). This family contains many of the smaller common household pest cockroaches, among others. They are sometimes called wood cockroaches. A few of the species include:

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Ectobiinae

subfamilyEctobiinae

Hanstroemidium

genusHanstroemidium

Drabeha

genusDrabeha

Apteroblatta

genusApteroblatta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 461451.