Bug FAQBee-mimic Beetle
Trichiotinus assimilis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Scarabaeidae
The bee-mimic beetle lives in North America. Its habitat and native range are both listed as North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 25 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Colorado, Minnesota, Utah, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Idaho, Wisconsin.
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
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Same family (Scarabaeidae)
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichiotinus_assimilis
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