![Gisborne cockroach / Te papata o Tūranga [Drymaplaneta semivitta]. Image: S.E. Thorpe / Public domain](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Drymaplaneta_semivitta__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd.jpg)
Gisborne cockroach / Te papata o Tūranga Drymaplaneta semivitta. Image: S.E. Thorpe / Public domain
- Pūtoi
- Order
- Blattodea
- Whānau
- Family
- Blattidae
Te Rahi
- E 22 mm te roa.
Size range
- Length 20–30 mm
Te Tītaringa
- Nō Ahitereiria, i kitea tuatahitia i Aotearoa i Tūranga–nui–a–Kiwa.
- Kua toro ki ngā tōpito katoa o Te Ika a Māui, me Whakatū.
Distribution
- An Australian cockroach first recorded in New Zealand at Gisborne
- Now found North Island, Nelson and Blenheim
Te Huringa Ora
- Ka kitea e noho tahi ana ki ngā papa rākau me ngā maramara hiako rākau.
- Kāore ōna parirau.
- He wā anō kua kuhu atu i te whare, engari me uaua ka muia e ia te kai.
Life history
- Often associated with timber or bark chips
- Wingless
- Sometimes enters houses, but does not usually infest food