pannaking22 Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Anyone know what species to expect in Illinois? I've gone through Bug Guide, but I feel like there have to be a few more non-"pest" species you can find here. Here's what I have so far: Supella longipalpa Blattella germanica Periplaneta americana Blatta orientalis Parcoblatta virginica Parcoblatta pennsylvanica Periplaneta australiasiae Ischnoptera deropeltiformis Any thoughts on other species? I'm hoping to make it over to the big insect collection on the UIUC campus this week to get a full list of specimens and maybe take a sample of each species to photograph (hoping to make an Illinois Natural History Survey publication of the roaches of Illinois + basic range maps). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepenthe Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Oh, I'm from Champaign! I don't remember seeing anything charismatic in the insect taxonomy teaching collection at UIUC, if that's what you're looking for. If you find anything, I'd love to know so I can keep an eye out when I'm in the field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All About Arthropods Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 I'm in Chicago, and I remember a couple months before I got into roaches, my mom called me into the basement and she said she trapped a big beetle under a cup, and to my surprise it was actuallya large black roach nymph! Now that I know more about roaches, thinking back it was a sub-adult B.orientalis. Wish I would have gotten into roaches before that because I would have kept it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pannaking22 Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Just as an update to this, I did go through the collection and there wasn't really anything worth noting that I can remember (of course I can't find my damn notebook now...). From being out in the field though, I have noticed I. deropeltiformis in a couple areas much further north than records indicate, so that's certainly fun news! Hoping to get out and do some sampling this year and really want to go down to southern Illinois to try to pick up any oddities. Probably a long shot, but I have my fingers crossed for P. septentrionalis down there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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