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Blattodea – image index

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The Blattodea order (in the class Insecta) include a group of insects known as cockroaches and termites.

In Australia, there are recognised over 400 species of cockroaches and 258 described (90 undescribed) termite species. Worldwide there are approximately 4,000 species of cockroaches and some 3,000 species of termites.

Blattodea
Magnetic Termite Mound, Dundee area, NT © Jenny Purdie
Amitermes meridionalis
Anamesia sp. (Cockroach), Kings Canyon, NT
Anamesia sp
Native Cockroach (Balta bicolor), Randwick NSW © Jennifer Mather
Balta bicolor
Native Cockroach / Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion australe), Alice Springs, NT
Bush Cockroach
Ellipsidion humerale on the Banksia praemorsa, Alice Springs NT
Ellipsidion
Native Cockroach / Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion australe), Alice Springs, NT
Ellipsidion australe
Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humarale), Alice Springs NT
Ellipsidion humarale
Termite mounds (Nasutitermes triodiae), Barkly Region
Nasutitermes triodiae
"Alate" Termite (family Termitidae), Alice Springs NT
Termite — Alate 


  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Order: Blattodea

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InsectsInsects Life Cycle… Bees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera Moths Neuroptera Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub