Subject: Green Cockroach
Geographic location of the bug: Tarpon Springs Florida
Date: 08/19/2018
Time: 05:46 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Saw two of these guys hanging around my compost pile. About an inch long and they fly. Didn’t gross me out like the brown ones present at the time. Is this the Panchlora Nivea? Sorry for the not great photo but he was moving pretty fast.
Thanks.
How you want your letter signed: philm
Dear philm,
We concur that this is a Green Banana Cockroach, Panchlora nivea, a species pictured on BugGuide where it states: “nocturnal, comes to lights; does not breed indoors; popular as a pet”.