Cockroaches & Termites
Order Blattodea
189 speciesOne of the most ancient insect orders, dating back over 300 million years. Includes both cockroaches and termites, which were recently reclassified into this order.
Species in this Order
Lacteus Termite
Coptotermes lacteus
An Australian mound-building termite that constructs distinctive dark, hard-walled mounds up to 2 me...
Lamani Spiral-nest Termite
Apicotermes lamani
A subterranean soil-feeding termite known for its remarkably structured underground nests in Central...
Lesser Cockroach
Ectobius panzeri
A small dark cockroach found in heathlands and open habitats across Europe. It is active during warm...
Light-colored Subterranean Termite
Heterotermes aureus
A desert-adapted subterranean termite common in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States...
Little Kenyan Cockroach
Gyna lurida
A small, active cockroach from East Africa known for its climbing ability. Adults have translucent w...
Lobster Cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
A small to medium cockroach with mottled grey-brown coloring that is widely used in scientific resea...
Long-jawed Desert Termite
Psammotermes hybostoma
A sand-dwelling termite found across the Sahara and arid North Africa, uniquely adapted to life in l...
Long-jawed Soil-feeder Termite
Cubitermes ugandensis
A soil-feeding termite from East Africa that builds small pedestal-shaped mounds. It processes large...
Long-nosed Termite
Nasutitermes longinasus
A nasute termite from Central and South American rainforests that builds carton nests on trees. Sold...
Longipes Termite
Longipeditermes longipes
A Southeast Asian soil-feeding termite notable for its exceptionally long legs relative to body size...
Lord Howe Island Cockroach
Panesthia lata
A large wingless wood cockroach endemic to Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is closely related...
Lucihormetica Bioluminescent Cockroach
Lucihormetica luckae
A rare cockroach known for bioluminescent spots on its pronotum. It was described from a single spec...
Macrotermes Queen
Macrotermes bellicosus
Queens can live for over 25 years (possibly up to 50) and grow to enormous size — a single queen lay...
Madagascan Marble Cockroach
Nauphoeta madagascariensis
A medium-sized cockroach with a marbled brown pattern on its wings. It is endemic to the island of M...
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina portentosa
One of the largest cockroach species. Produces a distinctive hissing sound by forcing air through br...
Madagascar Termite
Coptotermes truncatus
A subterranean termite with soft, pale workers and dark-headed soldiers that have elongated, rounded...
Madeira Cockroach
Leucophaea maderae
A large pale brown cockroach that emits a foul-smelling liquid when disturbed. It cannot climb smoot...
Magnetic Termite
Amitermes meridionalis
Builds tall wedge-shaped mounds precisely oriented on a north-south axis to regulate internal temper...
Malaccensis Fungus Termite
Macrotermes malaccensis
A large mound-building fungus termite found in the rainforests of peninsular Malaysia and Borneo. Co...
Malagasy Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes kirbyi
A small drywood termite that forms compact colonies inside dead branches and timber. Soldiers have d...
Malagasy Mound-building Termite
Microcerotermes subtilis
A small termite species that constructs conspicuous carton mounds on tree trunks or the ground. Work...
Malaysian Subterranean Termite
Coptotermes curvignathus
An aggressive subterranean termite that attacks living trees and wooden structures in Southeast Asia...
Malaysian Tree Termite
Hospitalitermes hospitalis
A remarkable open-air foraging nasutitermine termite from Southeast Asian rainforests. Workers forag...
Microceratotermes Carton Termite
Microcerotermes crassus
A wood-feeding termite found across Southeast Asia and Australia that builds small arboreal carton n...
Microtermes Subterranean Termite
Microtermes obesi
A small fungus-growing termite widespread across South Asia and the Middle East. Unlike larger Macro...
Milk Termite
Schedorhinotermes lamanianus
A large subterranean termite from tropical Australia with two distinct soldier sizes. Major soldiers...
Mitchell's Diurnal Cockroach
Polyzosteria mitchelli
A large, flightless cockroach with a shiny dark blue-black body found in arid Australia. Unlike most...
Mound-building Termite
Macrotermes gilvus
A fungus-growing termite widespread across Southeast Asia that builds subterranean to semi-subterran...
Nevada Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis nevadensis
A large dampwood termite found in mountainous regions of western North America. Colonies inhabit moi...
Nigerian Snouted Termite
Trinervitermes oeconomus
A grass-harvesting nasute termite found across West African savannas, building small dome-shaped mou...
Orange-spotted Cockroach
Eublaberus distanti
A large cockroach with distinctive orange spots on a dark body. It inhabits caves and forest floors ...
Oriental Cockroach
Blatta orientalis
A dark brown to black cockroach with a shiny body, often called a waterbug. It prefers cool, damp en...
Orientalis Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes speratus
The most economically important termite in Japan, causing significant damage to traditional wooden b...
Pacific Dampwood Kalotermitid
Neotermes connexus
A large kalotermitid termite native to Hawaii that infests damp wood. It is the most common native t...
Pacific Dampwood Termite
Zootermopsis laticeps
A large termite with soldiers that have broad flattened heads and strong mandibles. It inhabits damp...
Pale-bordered Field Cockroach
Pseudomops septentrionalis
A small outdoor cockroach with a distinctive pale border around its dark pronotum. It is an active d...
Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta pensylvanica
A native North American cockroach that lives outdoors in forests and woodlands. Males are strong fli...
Peppered Cockroach
Archimandrita tesselata
One of the largest cockroach species reaching up to 10cm. It has a peppered brown and cream pattern ...
Philippine Milk Termite
Coptotermes vastator
The most destructive termite species in the Philippines, causing severe damage to buildings, trees, ...
Pill Cockroach
Perisphaerus pygmaeus
A tiny cockroach that rolls into a perfect ball like a pillbug when threatened....
Powder Post Termite
Cryptotermes primus
An Australian drywood termite that infests dry structural timber in buildings across tropical and su...
Powderpost Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes domesticus
A destructive drywood termite that reduces wood to a fine powder. It is a major pest of wooden struc...
Processional Termite
Hospitalitermes medioflavus
An open-trail foraging termite found in Borneo's rainforests that travels in long exposed columns th...
Protermes Inquiline Termite
Protermes prorepens
A small inquiline termite that lives within the mounds of larger fungus-growing termite species in A...
Queensland Cathedral Termite
Nasutitermes magnus
A large Australian nasute termite that constructs impressive cathedral-like mounds in tropical Queen...
Question Mark Cockroach
Therea olegrandjeani
A close relative of the domino cockroach with white markings that form a question-mark-like pattern ...
Red Earth Termite
Odontotermes formosanus
A widespread fungus-growing termite in East and Southeast Asia that is a major structural and agricu...
Rhinoceros Cockroach
Macropanesthia rothi
A large burrowing cockroach related to the giant burrowing cockroach but with a more northern distri...
Saharan Harvester Termite
Anacanthotermes ochraceus
A desert-adapted harvester termite found across the Saharan and Arabian desert margins. Workers fora...
Sand Cockroach
Arenivaga investigata
A desert cockroach that extracts water vapor from moist sand through special mouthparts....
Sankurensis Soil Termite
Cubitermes sankurensis
A soil-feeding termite found in the Congo Basin rainforests, building small mounds on the forest flo...
Savanna Cubitermes
Cubitermes severus
A soil-feeding termite building characteristic mushroom-shaped mounds in West African savannas. Work...
Small Yellow Cockroach
Cariblatta lutea
A tiny pale yellowish cockroach found in the southeastern United States. It lives in leaf litter and...
Smokybrown Cockroach
Periplaneta fuliginosa
A uniformly dark mahogany-brown cockroach that is an excellent flier and strongly attracted to light...
Snapping Termite
Termes hospes
An African soil-feeding termite common in forest and savanna soils. Soldiers possess powerful snappi...
Snouted Harvester Termite
Trinervitermes geminatus
A nasute termite common in West African savannas that harvests dry grass in large foraging columns. ...
Soil-feeding Cubitermes Termite
Cubitermes fungifaber
A soil-feeding termite that builds distinctive mushroom-shaped mounds. It processes large volumes of...
Soldier-heavy Termite
Pericapritermes nitobei
A soil-feeding termite found across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, notable for its snapping-mandibl...
Somali Harvester Termite
Hodotermes sjoestedti
A harvester termite found in the dry grasslands and semi-deserts of the Horn of Africa. Like other h...
South American Tree Termite
Nasutitermes similis
A common Neotropical nasute termite building carton nests on trees throughout South American forests...
Southeastern Drywood Termite
Incisitermes snyderi
A drywood termite found in the southeastern United States that infests structural timber. Colonies a...
Speckled Cockroach
Periplaneta picea
A dark cockroach with a finely speckled pattern on its wings. It is found in tropical forests of Sou...
Speculitermes Inquiline
Speculitermes cyclops
A small soil-feeding termite from India that is notable for being an inquiline, living within the mo...
Sphaerotermes Mushroom-comb Termite
Sphaerotermes sphaerothorax
An African fungus-growing termite with a unique fungus cultivation strategy. Unlike other fungicultu...
Spinifex Termite
Nasutitermes longipennis
A mound-building termite common across the dry interior of Australia. Its hard earthen mounds dot th...
Striped Cockroach
Blatta lateralis
A medium-sized cockroach with distinct lateral stripes along its body. Males have wings while female...
Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes flavipes
The most economically destructive termite species in North America, living in underground colonies t...
Surat Cockroach
Periplaneta indica
A medium-sized cockroach native to the Indian subcontinent. It has a dark brown body and is commonly...
Surinam Cockroach
Pycnoscelus surinamensis
A burrowing cockroach that reproduces entirely through parthenogenesis, with virtually all individua...
Tawny Cockroach
Ectobius pallidus
A small outdoor cockroach native to Europe that lives in leaf litter and low vegetation. It is harml...
Tree-Nesting Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes corniger
A common arboreal termite in the Americas that builds large dark carton nests in trees. Covered fora...
Trinervitermes Nasute Termite
Trinervitermes trinervoides
A grass-harvesting nasute termite of southern Africa that builds small dome-shaped mounds in grassla...
Tropical Rough-headed Drywood Termite
Cryptotermes dudleyi
A pantropical drywood termite that infests dead wood and structural timber. Soldiers have a distinct...
Tropical Rough-headed Termite
Heterotermes tenuis
A Neotropical subterranean termite and significant sugarcane pest in Brazil. Colonies are diffuse wi...
Tube-building Desert Termite
Gnathamitermes perplexus
A desert termite found in the southwestern United States that builds distinctive mud tubes and soil ...
Tumulitermes Mound Termite
Tumulitermes pastinator
An Australian grass-harvesting termite that builds small columnar mounds in tropical savannas. Worke...
Turkestan Cockroach
Shelfordella lateralis
A medium-sized cockroach originally from Central Asia that is rapidly displacing the oriental cockro...
Turneri Carton Termite
Microcerotermes turneri
An Australian arboreal termite that builds small, round carton nests on the trunks of eucalyptus tre...
Uhler's Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta uhleriana
A medium-sized native wood cockroach found in the eastern United States. Males are strong fliers whi...
Virginia Wood Cockroach
Parcoblatta virginica
A woodland cockroach native to the eastern United States. It is closely related to the Pennsylvania ...
Voeltzkow's Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes voeltzkowi
An African nasute termite common in East African savanna and woodland. Colonies build conspicuous da...
Wahlberg's Cockroach
Deropeltis wahlbergi
A medium-sized black cockroach with orange wing margins found in southern Africa. It is named after ...
Walker's Nasute Termite
Nasutitermes walkeri
An arboreal termite that builds round carton nests on tree trunks in eastern Australia. Its nests ar...
West African Fungus-Growing Termite
Macrotermes subhyalinus
A widespread African termite that builds large above-ground mounds and farms Termitomyces fungi. The...
Western Drywood Termite
Incisitermes minor
A common drywood termite of the western United States that infests structural timbers and furniture....
Western Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes hesperus
The most common structural pest termite in western North America. Colonies build extensive undergrou...
Wide-horned Hissing Cockroach
Gromphadorhina oblongonota
A large Madagascan hissing cockroach with prominent wide pronotal bumps. It is often confused with G...
Wood Cockroach
Ectobius lapponicus
A small outdoor cockroach that lives in European leaf litter and never enters buildings....
Woodlouse Cockroach
Prosoplecta semperi
A tiny rounded cockroach that strongly resembles a ladybird beetle with its domed shape and red-oran...