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Giant cockroach

Blaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The giant cockroach (Blaberus giganteus) is a species in the family Blaberidae, order Blattodea.

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Quick facts about the giant cockroach

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

Where does the giant cockroach live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the giant cockroach as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Ireland
  2. United States

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 giant 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 giant cockroach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderBlattodea
  5. familyBlaberidae
  6. genusBlaberus
  7. SpeciesBlaberus giganteus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Blabera mexicana, Blabera stollii, Blatta gigantea, Blatta livida, Blatta scutata, Sisapona marginalis

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Caribbean giant cockroachEnglish
  • Giant cave cockroachEnglish
  • šváb obrovskýCzech
  • Cucaracha gigante de cuevaSpanish
  • Blatte géanteFrench
  • Barlangi óriáscsótányHungarian
  • オオメンガタブラベルスゴキブリJapanese
  • Gigantiškasis tarakonasLithuanian
  • Barata CascudaPortuguese
  • Гигантский лесной тараканRussian
  • Blatte géante d’Amérique du SudFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the giant cockroach

Other species in the same genus Blaberus.

Drummer

Blaberus discoidalis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the giant cockroach an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the giant cockroach as introduced in 2 countries: Ireland and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the giant cockroach?

The giant cockroach (Blaberus giganteus) belongs to the family Blaberidae 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). Giant cockroach (Blaberus giganteus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-cockroach

MLA

“Giant cockroach (Blaberus giganteus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-cockroach.

BibTeX
@misc{giant_cockroach_2026,
  title = {Giant cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-cockroach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}