Halloween Hisser vs Lepidocampa Dipluran

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Halloween Hisser Lepidocampa Dipluran
Scientific Name Elliptorhina laevigata Lepidocampa weberi
Order Blattodea Diplura
Family Blaberidae Campodeidae
Size 45-55 mm 4-7 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Fruit Feeders Fungus Feeders
Regions Madagascar Southeast Asia
Conservation Not Evaluated Least Concern

Halloween Hisser

A striking cockroach with dark brown and orange-black coloring. Its smooth pronotum and contrasting colors make it visually distinctive.

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Did You Know?

Its Halloween-themed coloration of black and orange makes it one of the most popular decorative cockroach species in collections.

Lepidocampa Dipluran

A tropical dipluran found in forest soils across Southeast Asia. It has distinctive scale-covered body segments.

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Did You Know?

Its body is covered in tiny scales, unusual among diplurans.