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Species Glischrochilus fasciatus

Picnic beetle? - Glischrochilus fasciatus sap-feeding beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus Tomato pest - Glischrochilus fasciatus 4-spotted Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus Fungus Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus Red & Black compost beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus Sap Beetle - Glischrochilus fasciatus Rotting Tree Dweller 16 - Glischrochilus fasciatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Cucujoidea (Flower, Flat Bark and Ladybird Beetles)
Family Nitidulidae (Sap-feeding Beetles)
Subfamily Cryptarchinae
Genus Glischrochilus
Species fasciatus (Glischrochilus fasciatus)
Other Common Names
Picnic Beetle
Size
4-7 mm
Identification
Black and shiny with two transverse yellowish or orangish bands. Sometimes these bands are reduced. Underside all dark,

differentiating from the similar Glischrochilus quadrisignatus, which is reddish-brown underneath (1).
Habitat
Adults found under bark of injured or dying trees, also come to sap, decaying fruit.
See Also
Glischrochilus quadrisignatus
Megalodacne fasciata in the Erotylidae
Print References
Dillon, p. 397, plate 38 (1)
Internet References
USDA Forest Service--images and information
University of Vermont--images of adults with information on this species' relevance to Butternut Canker disease
Works Cited
1.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
By Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence
Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 2 November, 2004 - 10:11pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 9 March, 2008 - 4:51am

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