Common furniture beetle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common furniture beetle lives – recorded in 10 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anobium punctatum
Group	Beetles
Found in	10 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Anobiidae

Where does the common furniture beetle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common furniture beetle in 10 countries and territories across Europe. In Portugal it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the common furniture beetle?

The common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum) is an insect in the order Coleoptera and the family Anobiidae, genus Anobium. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common furniture beetle

The common furniture beetle or common house borer (Anobium punctatum) is a woodboring beetle originally from Europe but now distributed worldwide. In the larval stage it bores in wood and feeds upon it. Adult Anobium punctatum measure 2.7–4.5 millimetres (0.11–0.18 in) in length. They have brown ellipsoidal bodies with a prothorax resembling a monk's cowl.

The common furniture beetle is often confused with the drugstore beetle and cigarette beetle due to their similar appearance.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common furniture beetle (revision 1368554691), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q27925 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).