Bug FAQFan-shaped Fire-colored Beetle
Neopyrochroa flabellata · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Pyrochroidae
Neopyrochroa flabellata is a fire-coloured beetle found in the eastern United States.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Neopyrochroa flabellata belongs to the fire-coloured beetle group.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Larvae develop inside dead wood where they eat fungus. Adults are not often seen feeding, but they are drawn to cantharidin.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
Larvae feed on wood-decaying fungi rather than the wood itself. Adults seldom eat and are known to be attracted to cantharidin.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
The species occurs in the eastern United States.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 28 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, North Carolina, Maryland, Indiana, Tennessee.
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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Questions people ask
Same family (Pyrochroidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopyrochroa_flabellata
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.