Black cockroach
Platyzosteria novaeseelandiae (Brunner von Wattenwyl)
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Size range
- Body length, 20 mm
Distribution
- New Zealand native
- Lives in leaf litter, under loose bark, in rotten wood, amongst stones on the ground
Life History
- Eats decaying plant material
- Does not usually establish in human households
- Unpleasant smell
- Wingless