[6] The male Parcoblatta uhleriana is a mostly uniform pale brownish-yellow, with slightly darker tegmina (outer forewings).

[4][7] It has a row of small, well-spaced conical projections which set it apart as "an entirely different type from that known for any other species of the genus".

[4][7] The distribution of the species is limited to the Ontario, Canada[3] and the eastern United States, including Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.

[5][10] It is often found beneath both dry and damp leaves, pine needles, and other debris, as well as under loose bark, in decaying logs, on foliage, grass, and on roads at night.

[5] Nocturnal observations of feeding adults have found the species eating mushrooms, moss, bird feces and mammalian cartilage.

[10] An unidentified species of mite in the hypopial (migratory larval) stage was found deeply embedded in the body fat of two P. uhleriana individuals in North Carolina.

[10] The wasp species Hyptia harpyoides parasitizes the ootheca of P. uhleriana, as well as P. virginica and P pensylvanica.