#4102 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Dusky Cockroach

🇳🇱 Noordse kakkerlak ·Ectobius lapponicus

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ryszard · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Tom Murray · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © raviner · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © AfroBrazilian · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © lwtalp · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Tom Murray · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Elisabeth Mettler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Ectobius lapponicus is a species in the order Blattodea ("cockroaches and termites"), in the class Insecta ("insects"). A common name for Ectobius lapponicus is "dusky cockroach". The distribution range of Ectobius lapponicus includes Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America....

base stats

NL sightings 14iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 9,357iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).