Bug FAQPicnic Beetle
Glischrochilus fasciatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Nitidulidae
The picnic beetle belongs to the genus Glischrochilus. It feeds on plant sap as a member of the Nitidulidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
The species is in the picnic beetle genus Glischrochilus.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It occurs in Central America and North America.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It feeds on plant sap.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its range includes Central America and North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 39 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Tennessee, Georgia, New York, Kansas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan.
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 (Nitidulidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glischrochilus_fasciatus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.