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Blatta orientalis

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Noun1.Blatta orientalis - dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distributionBlatta orientalis - dark brown cockroach originally from orient now nearly cosmopolitan in distribution
Asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, oriental cockroach, oriental roach
cockroach, roach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
Blatta, genus Blatta - type genus of the Blattidae: cockroaches infesting buildings worldwide
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Lesser Known and Prescribed Insect Remedies Blatta orientalis or americana (cockroach): Best known for its effectiveness with asthma, which may have something to do with those living in substandard and subhuman conditions, infested by cockroaches, who suffer disproportionately from asthma.
Healing with homeopathy: the fascinating world of insect remedies by Reichenberg-Ullman, Judyth; Ullman, Robert / Townsend Letter
1987), Excretion of viable tubercle bacilli by Blatta orientalis (the oriental cockroach) following ingestion of heat-fixed sputum smears: a laboratory investigation, Trans.
Bacterial contamination of food by cockroaches by Le Guyader, Annie / Journal of Environmental Health
 
 
 
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