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Scientific name: Ectobius vinzi (Maurel, 2012) Common name: French name: Order: Dictyoptera Family: Blattellidae Wingspan : 8-9,5 mm. Biotope: Woodland areas, parks, gardens, meadows. Geographic area: Western and southern Europe. Observation period : Adults : May to October. The adults die between September and October after females have laid their eggs in an ootheca. Juveniles hatch out at next spring and after 5 or 6 moults nymphs over winter again to become adults at next spring. This life cycle lasts two years. |
Ectobius vinzi, like other members of the family, is an insect with a flat body, spiny legs and long antennae. This species has just been recently separated from Ectobius pallidus. It is a pale yellow colour, sometimes mottled with small brown spots, with clear wings. The hind wings are shorter than the fore wings and so several segments of the abdomen are not covered. Males show a tuft of black hairs on the upper side of the seventh abdominal segment. The larvae have a yellow head and a yellow pronotum. The blackish abdomen is preceded by a white transverse stripe. The wings of adult Ectobius pallidus cover the abdomen. The larvae of Ectobius pallidus are yellowish with typical reddish spots. |
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This nymph Ectobius vinzi has entered my garden shed while I was gardening, having let the door open. It has been welcome as usual, that's to say a small photo session before kindly putting it back outside. |
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I just need to take pictures of adults now to observe the length of the wings. |
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Here is one female with its ootheca. Having no view of the hind wings, hidden under the fore wings, I am not able to decide between Ectobius vinzi and Ectobius pallidus. |
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This time we can see a part of the hind wings which seem to be far from covering the last segments of the abdomen. I think that this confirms the Ectobius vinzi species. |
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Here is another picture of the same specimen with a better view of the ootheca. |
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Here is another Ectobius, Ectobius vinzi or Ectobius pallidus. Its ootheca is looking different. Is this one indication pointing to a specific species or is this only caused by the date of the observation (more than one month earlier than the above observation of Ectobius vinzi)? |
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Close-up view on the ootheca. |
André Bon October 2017