Gisborne cockroach
Photo by Andrew Halton
Drymaplaneta semivitta (Walker)
Order: Blattodea
Family: Blattidae
Size range
- Length 20–30 mm
Distribution
- An Australian cockroach first recorded in New Zealand at Gisborne
- Now found North Island, Nelson and Blenheim
Life History
- Often associated with timber or bark chips
- Wingless
- Sometimes enters houses, but does not usually infest food