Pill Beetles (Byrrhidae) - 37 Species, Identification & Facts

Byrrhus americanus

Byrrhus americanus is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Pill Beetle

Byrrhus pilula

This is an all brown pill beetle with inconspicuous rows of dark and light brown markings on the elytra. The name Pill Beetle stems from the ability to retract all appendages into grooves underneath the body, feigning death in this manner and resembl

Prickly Pill Beetle

Curimopsis echinata

Curimopsis echinata is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Cytilus alternatus

Identification: body convex and oval (shaped like a football in lateral view), dark brown with metallic sheen visible in good light; anterior margin of pronotum ovate/rounded, posterior margin composed of two concave arcs meeting at the midline to fo

Cytilus sericeus

Length 4 to 5 mm. Dark bronze to metallic-greenish; pronotum shining, finely and rather diffusely punctured and pubescent. Elytra with alternate interstices with patches of black velvety pubescence. Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

Lioon simplicipes

Lioon simplicipes is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in North America.

Simplocaria metallica

Simplocaria metallica is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.

Simplocaria semistriata

Simplocaria semistriata is a species of pill beetle in the family Byrrhidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.