Six-spotted roach Blaberus giganteus specimen Red roach dubia

Scientific Name: Eublaberus distanti

Common Names: Six-spotted cockroach, Four-spotted cockroach, Four-spot cockroach, or Trinidad bat-cave cockroach

Eublaberus distanti, commonly known as the six-spotted cockroach, four-spotted cockroach, four-spot cockroach, or Trinidad bat-cave cockroach, is a Central and South American cockroach belonging to the genus Eublaberus (Hebard, 1920), named in honor of William Lucas Distant. It primarily inhabits caves.

The nymphs are dark brown, and the common name six-spotted cockroach originates from the six yellow spots on the lateral sides of the nymphal bodies. Adults of both sexes possess wings but are incapable of flight. They grow to a length of approximately 6.4 cm. Males are generally smaller than females, with longer wings and a smaller posterior abdominal segment.

E. distanti is found in Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, and Peru.

In Trinidad, E. distanti has been observed to prefer relatively dry, guano-rich areas within caves, but they are also occasionally found within decaying logs, under decaying leaf litter, among epiphytic plants, and in rotten holes and hollows of trees, especially those inhabited by bats. Nymphs burrow into the organic-rich soil on cave floors until they reach the sixth or seventh instar, after which they ascend the rocky, often guano-covered walls. Caves with guano support typically harbor very large populations of a few cockroach species that exploit a rich but somewhat monotonous food source. One chamber in a Trinidadian cave was found to house over 43,000 E. distanti.

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The specimen shown in the image will be shipped. I measured its total length to be 154mm.