Identification
pronotum dark brown with conspicuous white or cream border, beyond which is a clear margin; head has white band across top in some individuals; female body stout with short wings that don't cover abdomen; male body elongate with long tapering wings that extend beyond tip of abdomen
Range
native to Eurasia: first found in North America in a house in New York State in 1980
Habitat
deciduous forests and woodlots
Season
adults present from May to September
Food
compost, leaves of blue beech (Carpinus) and oak (Quercus)
Remarks
page creation based on Donald Chandler's identification of
this image, which might represent the first record of this species in Canada
See Also
Tawny Cockroach (
Ectobius lapponicus) pronotum lacks white border, and head lacks white on top
Print References
Hoebke, E.R., and D.A. Nickle. 1981. The forest cockroach, Ectobius sylvestris (Poda), a European species newly discovered in North America (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Ectobiidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 83: 592-595.
Internet References
live images of adult and nymph plus size, seasonality (J.K. Lindsey, U. of Maastricht, Netherlands)
live adult images by various photographers in Finland, Sweden, and Russia (Markku Savela, FUNET)
live adult image of male (Dubbeld Samplonius, Denmark)
foodplants; PDF doc (Roman Asshoff, U. of Basel, Switzerland)
literature citation; PDF doc of article by Hoebke and Nickle (U. of Florida)
