![Gisborne cockroach / Te papata o Tūranga [Drymaplaneta semivitta]. Image: S.E. Thorpe / Public domain](/assets/Tools-And-Resources/Identification/What-is-this-bug/Drymaplaneta_semivitta__FitMaxWzg3Miw1NDVd.jpg)
Gisborne cockroach / Te papata o Tūranga Drymaplaneta semivitta. Image: S.E. Thorpe / Public domain
- 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