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title: "Noordse kakkerlak"
description: "Ectobius lapponicus — Insecten en spinnen. Ectobius lapponicus, also known as the dusky cockroach, is a species of cockroach found in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), the northeastern United States, and southeastern Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/dusky-cockroach
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Noordse kakkerlak

> Ectobius lapponicus — Insecten en spinnen. Ectobius lapponicus, also known as the dusky cockroach, is a species of cockroach found in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), the northeastern United States, and southeastern Canada.

- Scientific name: *Ectobius lapponicus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9274
- Wikidata: [Q1128042](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1128042)
- iNaturalist taxon: [203409](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/203409)

## Names

- en: Dusky Cockroach
- de: Gemeine Waldschabe
- es: Cucaracha Pardusca
- fr: Cafard du Nord
- nl: Noordse kakkerlak
- pl: Zadomka polna

## Countries with the most observations

CA (1394), US (881), DE (816), PL (772), RU (703), FI (474), SE (424), DK (260), CZ (178), FR (122), LT (121), AT (102)

## Summary

Ectobius lapponicus, also known as the dusky cockroach, is a species of cockroach found in Europe, northern Asia (excluding China), the northeastern United States, and southeastern Canada.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectobius_lapponicus

## Photo

![Noordse kakkerlak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dusky-cockroach/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter Gabler · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47753137

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dusky-cockroach?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).