Australian Cockroaches. Living Rough.
I can hardly expect followers of my blog to get excited about cockroaches, but here goes anyway. I've observed these critters scurrying about my garden for some time. Shiny and resplendent in fashionable black and white, these are true Australian Native Cockroaches, living rough outside in the garden in all seasons, never needing the comforts of a warm home, (my home that is). Australia has hundreds of native cockroaches of all sizes and colours, from shiny black to brown and even blue. They can be very beautiful and highly social animals, mainly living on leaf litter, rotting wood, flowers and nectar. Many do not have wings, so seldom move far from their preferred habitat and usually live under leaf litter, in burrows, in/under rotting logs and under the bark of trees. Most are nocturnal, but some can be found during the day on various vegetation types.