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    (c) Steven Wang, all rights reserved

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    (c) Len Worthington, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Mike Keeling, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND)

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    (c) Valter Jacinto, all rights reserved

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    (c) dilettantiquity, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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    (c) Sean McCann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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American Cockroach

Periplaneta americana

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The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), also colloquially known as the waterbug, but not a true waterbug since it is not aquatic, or misidentified as the palmetto bug (see Florida woods cockroach for the differences), is the largest species of common cockroach, and often considered a pest. It is also known as the ship cockroach, kakerlac, and Bombay canary.

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