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    The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) is the largest species of common cockroach, and often considered a pest. In certain regions of the U.S...
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    Periplaneta is a genus of cockroaches containing some of the well-known pest species with cosmopolitan distributions, such as: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus...
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    Cockroaches are generally omnivorous; the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), for example, feeds on a great variety of foodstuffs including...
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  • Epimorphosis is defined as the regeneration of a specific part of an organism in a way that involves extensive cell proliferation of somatic stem cells...
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    3–1.4 in). Although closely related to the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), the smokybrown cockroach is readily distinguishable from it by...
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    a food source. Host cockroaches include the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), Australian cockroach (P. australasiae), brown cockroach (P. brunnea)...
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    repellent activity of P. amaryllifolius against American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana L.). The leaves possess a pleasant aroma and can be used as natural...
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  • collectively as water bugs Heteroptera Cockroaches The American cockroach, Periplaneta americana The German cockroach, Blattella germanica The Oriental cockroach...
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    palmetto bug. It is not to be confused for the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), another common Florida insect, that is sometimes also referred...
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    species were reported to sting a cockroach (specifically a Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, or Nauphoeta rhombifolia) twice, delivering...
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    widely reported capacity for survival. The American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) in particular has the second-largest genome of known insect genomes...
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    appearance vary depending on species and environment. Female cockroach (Periplaneta americana) with ootheca Female cockroach (Blatella germanica) with ootheca...
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    The brown cockroach (Periplaneta brunnea) is a species of cockroach in the family Blattidae. It is probably originally native to Africa, but today it...
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    such as Periplaneta americana, but in comparison, it is quite sluggish. Rates of oxygen consumption are significantly higher in P. americana when compared...
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    moniliformis infests its intermediate host, the cockroach species Periplaneta americana, it changes the cockroach's escape response. In one study, it was...
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    (Drymaplaneta communis) Florida woods cockroach: (Eurycotis floridana) Periplaneta spp: American cockroach, Australian cockroach, Brown cockroach, Smokybrown...
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    Camhi, J.M; Tom, W. (1978). "The Escape Behavior of the Cockroach, Periplaneta americana". Journal of Comparative Physiology. 128 (3): 193–201. doi:10.1007/BF00656852...
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    insects, including locusts (Schistocerca gregaria), cockroaches (Periplaneta americana), stick insects (Carausius morosus), and fruit flies (Drosophila...
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    common domestic pests Blatta orientalis, Blattella germanica, and Periplaneta americana, but in P. surinamensis it is obligatory parthenogenesis, its sole...
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  • P. americana may refer to: Paradelphomyia americana, a crane fly species in the genus Paradelphomyia Periplaneta americana, the American cockroach, palmetto...
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    Octopamine Receptor (PaOA1) Isolated from the American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)". Advances in the Biorational Control of Medical and Veterinary...
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    classes of deutocerebral projection neurons in the brain of male Periplaneta americana". J. Comp. Neurol. 329 (2): 143–162. doi:10.1002/cne.903290202....
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    introduced along with various Blattidae species of genera Blatta and Periplaneta. While they do feed on insects that are considered pests, they rarely...
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    chlordimeform (although one result shows little or no effect in Periplaneta americana); and dieldrin may or may not be an MAOI in Locusta migratoria....
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    the antennae is often seen in other cockroach species, such as Periplaneta americana, no antennal sexual dimorphism is apparent in B. craniifer. "Species...
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    "Morphology of neurones associated with the antennal heart of Periplaneta americana (Blattodea, Insecta)". Cell and Tissue Research. 253 (2): 319–326...
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    L. (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae), a solitary oothecal parasitoid of Periplaneta americana L. (Dictyoptera: Blattidae)". Biological Control. 52 (2): 104–109...
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    gracilipes (yellow crazy ants) moving a dead American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) toward their nest in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia...
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    neuropeptide present in insects and crustaceans. It was first found in Periplaneta americana, a species of cockroach in 1975. Proctolin was extracted from 125...
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    (December 2008). "Thermal requirements for the embryonic development of Periplaneta americana (L.) (Dictyoptera: Blattidae) with potential application in mass-rearing...
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