More than 100,000 cockroaches have been seized from a single breeder in Australia's largest-ever illegal exotic invertebrate bust.
Dubia and Madagascar hissing cockroaches were among the haul seized from a commercial breeder at Bathurst, in central western NSW.
The exotic cockroaches, which are illegal to import, keep, breed or sell in Australia, have an estimated value of up to $200,000.
According to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW), this makes it Australia's largest-ever illegal exotic invertebrate seizure.
"We take our job protecting Australia's unique biodiversity and breaches of national environment law very seriously," a department spokesperson said.
"We're seeing illegal breeding and trading of exotic cockroaches and we're putting pet businesses and pet owners on notice."
