Bug FAQRed-collared Harp Ground Beetle
Calathus ruficollis · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Carabidae
The red-collared harp ground beetle is a type of ground beetle in the family Carabidae. It lives in western North America, from the California Floristic Province up through the Pacific Northwest.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It belongs to the ground-beetle family Carabidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
Its habitat is in western North America, covering California’s floristic region and extending to the Pacific Northwest.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is native to western North America, including the California Floristic Province and the Pacific Northwest.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 9 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Montana.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
More photos
Same family (Carabidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calathus_ruficollis
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.