#dictyopterous_insect__dictyopterousinsect cockroaches and mantids
supertype: #insect small air-breathing arthropod
member of: #order_Dictyoptera
subtype: #cockroach__roach any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
subtype: #oriental_cockroach__oriental_roach__Asiatic_cockroach__blackbeetle__Blatta_orientalis dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
subtype: #American_cockroach__Periplaneta_americana large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
subtype: #Australian_cockroach__Periplaneta_australasiae widely distributed in warm countries
subtype: #German_cockroach__Croton_bug__water_bug__waterbug__Blattella_germanica small light-brown cockroach brought to United States from Europe; a common household pest
subtype: #giant_cockroach__giantcockroach large tropical American cockroaches
subtype: #mantis__mantid predacious long-bodied large-eyed insect of warm regions; rests with forelimbs raised as in prayer
subtype: #praying_mantis__praying_mantid__prayingmantid__Mantis_religioso the common mantis
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