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Cockroaches and Termites

Blattodea · 7 species · 3 families

In Québec, the order Blattodea brings together 7 species of insects, in 3 families. The stars? German Cockroach, Australian Cockroach and Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach, the most often observed. The richest region: Montréal, with 5 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montréal5
  2. Montérégie3
  3. Outaouais2
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2
  5. Bas-Saint-Laurent1
  6. Capitale-Nationale1
  7. Estrie1
  8. Laval1
  9. Laurentides1

Cockroaches and Termites 7

Blattodea
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Family
All7Blattidae4Blattellidae2Pseudophyllodromiidae1
German Cockroach24 observations
Australian Cockroach14 observations
Pennsylvania Wood Cockroach14 observations
American Cockroach2 observations
Brown-banded Cockroach2 observations
Oriental Cockroach1 observations
Brown CockroachValidiblatta brunnea