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Tribolium castaneum
Red Flour Beetle
As recorded: Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797)
Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Coleoptera › Tenebrionidae
- Collected by
- Clagg, C.F.
- Date
- April 9, 1959
- Locality
- Sand Island
- Region
- United States
- Identified by
- C.A. Triplehorn
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Tribolium castaneum observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 59 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-27.

2026-10-27
Michigan, US
(c) bridgefridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-09
San Diego County, US-CA, US
(c) eashark, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-01
대한민국 경상북도 울진군
(c) 찬호, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-28
Japan
(c) あり塚, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-08-07
S Delaware Ave, Tulsa, OK, US
(c) Drew G. Lam, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-07-29
Tom Bean, TX 75090, USA
(c) strvngedays, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Tribolium castaneum. BPBM 2004011449. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39397712. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/ent/2004011449.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 39397712 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
