Keywords
Featured Creatures collection
Family: Blattidae
Cockroaches
Australian cockroach
IN1088
Family: Blattidae
Cockroaches
Australian cockroach
IN1088
Categories
How to Cite
Jiang, Shiyao, and Phillip E. Kaufman. 2015. “Australian Cockroach Periplaneta Australasiae Fabricius (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae): EENY623 IN1088, 4 2015”. EDIS 2015 (4). Gainesville, FL:4. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1088-2015.
Abstract
Australian cockroaches are the most common outdoor cockroach in southern Florida. Though they typically stay outdoors, Australian cockroaches may also venture inside and live among humans. This 4-page fact sheet covers the Australian cockroach’s distribution and habitat, biology, medical risks to humans, and management as a pest. Written by Shiyao Jiang and Phillip E. Kaufman, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, April 2015.
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Brenner RJ, Barnes KC, Helm RM, Williams LW. 1991. "Modernized society and allergies to arthropods: Risks and challenges to entomologists." American Entomologist 37: 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1093/ae/37.3.143
Cornwell PB. 1968. The cockroach. Vol. I: A Laboratory Insect and an Industrial Pest. London: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. 391 pp.
Kramer RD, Brenner RJ. 2009. Cockroaches (Blattaria). In Mullen GR, Durden LA (Editors), Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2nd edition. Burlington, MA: Elsevier 637 pp.
Mackerras IM, Pope P. 1948. "Experimental Salmonella infections in Australian cockroaches." Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 26: 465-470. https://doi.org/10.1038/icb.1948.48
Rehn JAG. 1945. "Man's uninvited fellow traveller - the cockroach." Science Monthly 61: 265-270.
Willis ER, Riser GR, Roth LM. 1958. "Observations on reproduction and development in cockroaches." Annals of the Entomological Society of America 51: 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/51.1.53
Wirtz RA. 1980. "Occupational allergies to arthropods - documentation and prevention." Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 26: 356-360. https://doi.org/10.1093/besa/26.3.356