Bush cockroach (genus Ellipsidion)

Bush cockroach (genus Ellipsidion) 2016

CRANNEY, Kate

Registration number

1908963

Artist/maker

CRANNEY, Kate

Title

Bush cockroach (genus Ellipsidion)

Production date

2016

Medium

ink and watercolour on paper

Dimensions (H x W x D)

29.7 x 42 cm (paper size)

Credit line

City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
© Kate Cranney (www.katecranney.com)

Keywords

Kate Cranney, cockroach, The Little Things That Run the City, 2016, drawing

Summary

This drawing depicts an Australian bush cockroach. Native cockroaches are mainly nocturnal. But this bush cockroach is active in daylight, basking in the sunshine on leaves and flowers. Native cockroaches play a special role as decomposers: they return nutrients and organic matter to the soil. The illustration was drawn by Kate Cranney for the City of Melbourne's publication 'The Little Things that Run the City'. The book explores the diversity of insects we have within our city’s boundaries and examines what we can do to help them survive and thrive.