Bug FAQTrox unistriatus
Trox unistriatus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Trogidae
Trox unistriatus is a beetle that belongs to the family Trogidae. All available sources describe it simply as a member of the Trogidae family.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
It is a beetle in the family Trogidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Is it a pest in the house?
It is a beetle belonging to the family Trogidae.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It belongs to the beetle family Trogidae.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It is a member of the Trogidae family of beetles.
Source: Wikipedia
When you see it
It is a Trogidae beetle.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It is classified as a Trogidae beetle.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 20 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina.
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 (Trogidae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trox_unistriatus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-25 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-25.