Pale-spotted Seed Bug

Pseudopachybrachius basalis · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Rhyparochromidae

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Pale-spotted Seed Bug
Photo: Justin Williams, CC BY

The pale-spotted seed bug is a dirt-colored seed bug. It occurs in the Caribbean, Central America and North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It is a dirt-colored seed bug.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 36 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Illinois, Oklahoma, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Virginia, Pennsylvania.

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

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Pale-spotted Seed Bug photo 2
Photo: jimeckert49, CC BY
Pale-spotted Seed Bug photo 3
Photo: Healthy Yards, CC BY
Pale-spotted Seed Bug photo 4
Photo: Justin Williams, CC BY
Pale-spotted Seed Bug photo 5
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

Same family (Rhyparochromidae)

Long-necked Seed BugLong-necked Seed BugMyodocha serripesDamages trees, gardens or cropsCoastal groundbugCoastal groundbugBeosus maritimusMediterranean Seed BugMediterranean Seed BugXanthochilus saturniusWhite-spotted groundbugWhite-spotted groundbugRaglius alboacuminatusParomius longulusParomius longulusParomius longulusClubbed Seed BugClubbed Seed BugPtochiomera nodosa

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudopachybrachius_basalis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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