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with heavy oak, chestnut, and maple forest. Found under damp leaves 

 on edge of forest, under bark of decayed chestnut log, inside decaying 

 chestnut log with Cryptocercus pimctulatus, under palmetto roots, 

 under bark of pine stump, and in dry leaves under live oaks (Hebard, 

 1917). 



Tennessee. — In traps baited with cornmeal or cantaloupe in maple- 

 gum-oak forest in a mesic valley, and in a stand of oak on a dry ridge 

 (Walker, 1957). 



Indiana. — Beneath cover on slopes of high wooded hills. "This is 

 essentially a forest-loving species ; usually occurring beneath leaves 

 and other debris on or along the borders of heavy hardwood timber." 

 (Blatchley, 1920.) 



Illinois. — In oak-hickory forest on clay and in climax forest (Stro- 

 hecker, 1937). 



Michigan. — In oak-dune woods (Hubbell, 1922). Restricted to 

 woodlands, where it inhabited piles of moist dead leaves and rotten 

 logs in oak -hickory forest (Cantrall, 1943). 



U.S.A. — This species, P. uhleriana, and P. virginica were attracted 

 at night to honeydew secreted by aphids on Pyrus sp. (Davis, 1918). 



Parcoblatta virginica 



Nezv England. — Females under loose stones, boards, and other 

 debris on ground ; beneath loose bark (Morse, 1920). 



North Carolina. — Under debris in dead shortleaf-pine needles 

 (Rehn and Hebard, 191 6). 



Florida. — Infrequent in the shrub stratum of the scrub habitat. 

 This was the only habitat of 25 studied in which this species was found 

 (Friauf, 1953). 



Eastern and southeastern U.S. — Trapped in molasses-baited jars : 

 in pine and oak woods, in pine barrens, in pine woods with heavy grass 

 undergrowth, in oak forest, in heavily forested ravine, on rocky slope 

 with few deciduous trees, on knoll with high deciduous trees, in lofty 

 chestnut forest, and in heavy low chestnut and oak forest on high 

 ridge ; under bark of decaying chestnut log and stump ; under stones 

 in chestnut forest; under bark of pine stumps (Hebard, 191 7). 



Indiana. — Frequents borders of open woods and fields; under 

 debris, loose bark, and half-buried logs (Blatchley, 1920). 



Illinois. — In black-oak forest on sand, in oak-hickory forest on clay, 

 and in climax forest (Strohecker, 1937). 



Michigan. — Common in oak-dune and beech-maple forests ; under 

 loose bark on dead trees and fallen logs and under debris on forest 

 floor (Hubbell, 1922). Restricted to woodlands, where it inhabited 



