Bug FAQAmara pennsylvanica
Amara pennsylvanica · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
Amara pennsylvanica lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Amara pennsylvanica is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It occurs in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
This beetle feeds on seeds.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range includes North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 18 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Oklahoma, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Texas.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_pennsylvanica
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.