Bug FAQPhilothermus glabriculus
Philothermus glabriculus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Cerylonidae
Philothermus glabriculus is a very small bark beetle belonging to the family Cerylonidae. It occurs in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Philothermus glabriculus is a minute bark beetle in the family Cerylonidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
This beetle is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range includes North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 21 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Virginia, Kansas, New York, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mississippi.
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
More photos
Same family (Cerylonidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philothermus_glabriculus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-29 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-29.