#4014 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Forest Cockroach

🇳🇱 Boskakkerlak ·Ectobius sylvestris

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Til Mann · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. Rolde, Netherlands:© Joren van Schie · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Koudhoorn, Wildforsterweg, 3881 PR Putten, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Lage Vuursche, Utrecht, NL:© tricky_vicky · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Doorwerth, Netherlands:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Veluwe, Ugchelen, Gelderland, NL:© mfoster57 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 3881 SE Putten, Netherlands:© Sean Peterson · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 1861 PA Bergen, Netherlands:© Daniel Onneweer · CC BY 4.0
10. 3708 ZR Zeist, Netherlands:© Daniel Onneweer · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Ectobius sylvestris , known generally as the forest cockroach or lesser cockroach , is a species of cockroach in the family Ectobiidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.

base stats

NL sightings 112iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,194iNaturalist 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).