tags: Madagascar Hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa, photography, subway art, AMNH, NYC, NYCLife
Madagascar Hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa,
as portrayed in tiles on the walls of the NYC uptown subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).
Image: GrrlScientist 2008 [wallpaper size].
Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.
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A colourful cockroach, another reason to visit Madagascar.
The ones that occasionally appear in my office are plain brown and I haven't heard any hissing.
It's one of the cooler looking stations in the city. One small correction though: the 81st St. station is for the B and C lines only. The A is an express line that skips all that stations between 59th and 116th.
actually, not so. the A train is a part-time express train. it runs local on weekday nights and weekends -- i know because i ride it home every night.