Bug FAQCerylon unicolor
Cerylon unicolor · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerylonidae
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Cerylon unicolor is a very small bark beetle that belongs to the family Cerylonidae. It occurs in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
The species is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 14 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Kansas, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Oklahoma.
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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
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Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerylon_unicolor
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.