Rufous Sap Beetle

Epuraea rufa · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Nitidulidae

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Rufous Sap Beetle
Photo: Ilona, CC BY-SA

The Rufous Sap Beetle is a sap-feeding beetle in the family Nitidulidae. It occurs in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

Rufous Sap Beetle (Epuraea rufa) belongs to the sap-feeding beetle family Nitidulidae.

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: Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Montana, New Jersey.

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

More photos

Rufous Sap Beetle photo 2
Photo: Ilona, CC BY-SA
Rufous Sap Beetle photo 3
Photo: Sawyer Hess, CC BY
Rufous Sap Beetle photo 4
Photo: Ilona, CC BY-SA
Rufous Sap Beetle photo 5
Photo: Meghan Cassidy, CC BY-SA

Same family (Nitidulidae)

Common Pollen BeetleCommon Pollen BeetleBrassicogethes aeneusDamages trees, gardens or cropsFour-spotted Sap BeetleFour-spotted Sap BeetleGlischrochilus quadrisignatusDamages trees, gardens or cropsPicnic BeetlePicnic BeetleGlischrochilus fasciatusSmall Hive BeetleSmall Hive BeetleAethina tumidaCan damage your homeDried Fruit BeetleDried Fruit BeetleCarpophilus hemipterusPineapple BeetlePineapple BeetleUrophorus humeralisDamages trees, gardens or crops

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epuraea_rufa

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.

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