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Dusky cockroach

Ectobius lapponicus

315Records since 2000
JunePeak month
15Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar2
Apr6
May57
Jun119
Jul64
Aug21
Sep19
Oct10
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England50
2Gloucestershire England16
3Norfolk England14
4Dorset England11
5West Berkshire England8
6Isle of Wight England7
7Kent England3
8Cornwall England2
9Northamptonshire England2
10Bracknell Forest England2
11Plymouth England2
12Cambridgeshire England1
13Oxfordshire England1
14Devon England1
15Pembrokeshire Wales1
314 England1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
315
Peak month
June
Counties with records
15
Scientific name
Ectobius lapponicus
Group
Other insects
NBN Atlas records since 2000
305
Most recorded in
Surrey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Blattodea
Family
Ectobiidae
Genus
Ectobius
Name with authority
Ectobius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1128042 · GBIF 1998104