Boll's Wood Cockroach vs European Ash Bark Beetle
Side-by-side species comparison
| Attribute | Boll's Wood Cockroach | European Ash Bark Beetle |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Parcoblatta bolliana | Hylesinus varius |
| Order | Blattodea | Coleoptera |
| Family | Ectobiidae | Curculionidae (Scolytinae) |
| Size | 12-16 mm | 2.5–3.5 mm |
| Habitat | Woodlands | Hedgerows |
| Diet | Wood Feeders | Wood Feeders |
| Regions | Texas and the south-central United States | Europe |
| Conservation | Not Evaluated | Not Evaluated |
Boll's Wood Cockroach
A small native wood cockroach from the south-central United States. It lives under bark and in rotting logs in wooded areas.
Did You Know?
It was named after the naturalist Jacob Boll, a Swiss-American who collected insects in Texas in the 1870s.
European Ash Bark Beetle
A bark beetle that colonizes ash trees across Europe. It creates star-shaped brood galleries radiating from a central egg chamber.
Did You Know?
Its distinctive star-shaped gallery pattern makes it one of the easiest bark beetles to identify from feeding traces.