#4099 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects

Amber Wood Cockroach

Ectobius vittiventris

🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Amada44 · CC BY 4.0
3. © Σάββας Ζαφειρίου (Savvas Zafeiriou) · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Amada44 · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Ectobius vittiventris is a cockroach that mainly lives in the South of the Alps. During the past years, it managed to spread in the Northern regions of the Alps and can regularly be seen in Swiss cities like Bern and Zurich.

base stats

NL sightings 23iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,601iNaturalist 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).