Bug FAQAmara scitula
Amara scitula · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
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Amara scitula lives in North America. It is a ground beetle that eats seeds.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
This beetle feeds on seeds.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Amara scitula is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 7 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, Washington, Colorado.
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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
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Source: GBIF
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amara_scitula
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.