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When alarmed, adults can emit an extremely foul-smelling glandular secretion through a sternal membrane, ejected up to 1 m (3.3 ft). Nymphs do not have this ability, and the secretion is built up over roughly 60 days from its final molt into adulthood. Males that were artificially drained
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species which typically grows to a length of 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in). When alarmed, adults can eject an extremely foul-smelling directional spray up to 1 m, which inspired several of its other common names: Florida skunk roach, Florida stinkroach, skunk cockroach, skunk roach, stinking
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to elicit escape responses in others of its species. It can irritate the eyes of humans, and can be toxic to the cockroach in a small container. In tests with two species of mice abundant in central
Florida, the chemical defense was found effective at deterring predation by
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Florida cockroach size contest was a Florida wood cockroach which measured 62 mm (2.429 in). The Florida woods cockroach looks remarkably similar to the female
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