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female with ootheca. Photo:Christian Schulz (Zampel) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ectobius sylvestris
(Poda, 1761)
The commonest woodland cockroach in Poland. The pronotum is black with broad, pale translucent margins. The female has clearly shortened wings.
- Length
- 7–11 mm
- Habitat
- woodland, especially edges and clearings; leaf litter, shrubs
How to recognise it
- Pronotum black with sharply defined pale sides.
- Length approx. 7–11 mm.
- The male is fully winged, the female has clearly shortened wings.
- Active by day too, in leaf litter and on shrubs.
Similar species
E. lapponicus – translucent pronotal margins blending into the dark centre. The pattern varies – when in doubt, a male is needed.
Distribution
Throughout the country in woodland; from Western Europe to Scandinavia, south-eastern Europe and Asia Minor.
When to look
adults
nymphs