Rough hermit beetle
Osmoderma scabrum
The rough hermit beetle is a black scarab beetle, sometimes with a metallic shine. It is a night beetle that hides under tree bark. It lives in the forests of eastern North America.
Lives in
Eastern North America, from Quebec south to Tennessee, in forests
Length
1.4 to 2 cm (0.55 to 0.79 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It does not bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The grown-ups visit places where sweet sap runs out of trees.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 3 grains of rice in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 6.2 seconds
How big is Rough hermit beetle compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Rough hermit beetle about 0.58 km/h (0.36 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It comes out at night, so it is not easy to spot.
2
You can sometimes find it at trees where sap is flowing, or under bark.
3
It belongs to the scarab beetles, a big family that also has chafers and dung beetles.
you asked
Most asked questions about Rough hermit beetle
?Is the rough hermit beetle dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people.
?How big is the rough hermit beetle?
About 1.4 to 2 centimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Osmoderma scabrum
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Scarabaeidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Osmoderma scabrum (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by André-Philippe Drapeau Picard. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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