Possibly new species! :O

[Zephyr]

I went to the mall with my friends today, and of all things, found a COCKROACH scurrying across the floor. My friend's first reaction was to try to squash it, but I grabbed it before he could really put pressure on it. She's a little shook up. Looks to be some sort of Pycnoscelus sp. Don't know how it got there. I'll have pics soon.

 

[CodeWilster]

So Pycnoscelus sp "Mall Locale"? That's cool Did you find it near the food court?

 

[Ralph]

P. surinamensis sure does get around, does it look significantly different? Where are you, by the way?

 

[Zephyr]

I'm in Michigan. It doesn't look like my P. surinamensis. It's a little more red.

*I found it on the steps near one of the water displays in the mall; there were a lot of plants around so I figure it could be from wherever they got the plants. Probably Florida.

 

[Peter Clausen]

A friend found some on some plants she purchased a year ago.

 

[BugmanPrice]

There's more than one species in Pycnoscelus so who knows... I'm excited to see some pictures!

 

[Zephyr]

My camera's not cooperating with photographing at the moment... I'm going to wait until she molts one more time til I take a pic. She was very thin; she's very plump from carrots and oak leaves now.