Bug FAQAtaenius imbricatus
Ataenius imbricatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Scarabaeidae
Adult Ataenius imbricatus are tiny, measuring about 3.8 to 4.5 mm in length. They have a dull, reddish-brown body that is often covered with a clay-like coating or oily dirt.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The beetle’s body is dull reddish-piceous and may be coated with a clay-like layer or oily dirt.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 26 of 51 states and DC. Most records: South Carolina, Texas, Florida, Kansas, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Oklahoma.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataenius_imbricatus
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Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.