Wrinkled Bark Beetle vs Boll's Wood Cockroach

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Wrinkled Bark Beetle Boll's Wood Cockroach
Scientific Name Rhysodes sulcatus Parcoblatta bolliana
Order Coleoptera Blattodea
Family Rhysodidae Ectobiidae
Size 6-8mm 12-16 mm
Habitat Forests Woodlands
Diet Wood Feeders Wood Feeders
Regions Europe Texas and the south-central United States
Conservation Endangered Not Evaluated

Wrinkled Bark Beetle

An extremely rare and primitive beetle with deep longitudinal grooves on its elytra. Found only in virgin forests.

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Did You Know?

One of the rarest beetles in Europe, found only in untouched primeval forests with centuries-old dead wood.

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.

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Did You Know?

It was named after the naturalist Jacob Boll, a Swiss-American who collected insects in Texas in the 1870s.