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Australian cockroach

Validiblatta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)

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The Australian cockroach (Validiblatta australasiae) is a species in the family Blattidae, order Blattodea. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Poland.

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Quick facts about the Australian cockroach

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the Australian cockroach live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The Australian cockroach is listed for 1 country.

Poland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Poland

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the Australian cockroach as introduced in 17 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Canary Islandsinvasive
  2. Chinainvasive
  3. Swedeninvasive
  4. Austria
  5. Belgium
  6. Costa Rica
  7. Denmark
  8. Ecuador
  9. France
  10. Germany
  11. Ireland
  12. Japan
  13. Poland
  14. Singapore
  15. Spain
  16. United States
  17. Venezuela

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the Australian cockroach endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the Australian cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlattidae
  6. genusValidiblatta
  7. SpeciesValidiblatta australasiae (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms Blatta aurantiaca, Blatta australasiae, Blatta domingensis, Fortiblatta australasiae, Periplaneta australasiae, Periplaneta emittens, Periplaneta inclusa, Periplaneta repanda, Periplaneta subcincta, Periplaneta zonata, Polyzosteria subornata

Other names and names in other languages (19)
  • šváb australskýCzech
  • Australsk kakerlakDanish
  • Australische SchabeGerman
  • Cucaracha australianaSpanish
  • australiantorakkaFinnish
  • Blatte australienneFrench
  • コワモンゴキブリJapanese
  • 잔이질바퀴Korean
  • Australinis tarakonasLithuanian
  • Australische kakkerlakDutch
  • Karaczan australijskiPolish
  • Barata-australianaPortuguese
  • Таракан австралийскийRussian
  • australisk kackerlackaSwedish
  • แมลงสาบออสเตรเลียThai
  • 澳洲大蠊Chinese
  • Südliche GroßschabeGerman
  • Przybyszka australijskaPolish
  • 澳洲家蠊Chinese

Catalogue of Life

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the Australian cockroach live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the Australian cockroach for 1 country: Poland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the Australian cockroach an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the Australian cockroach as invasive in 3 countries: Canary Islands, China and Sweden. It lists it as introduced in 17 in all.

What kind of animal is the Australian cockroach?

The Australian cockroach (Validiblatta australasiae) belongs to the family Blattidae in the order Blattodea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Australian cockroach (Validiblatta australasiae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-cockroach

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“Australian cockroach (Validiblatta australasiae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-cockroach.

BibTeX
@misc{australian_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Australian cockroach (Validiblatta australasiae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/australian-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}