Bear-Grape vs Pill Beetle

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi compared with Byrrhus pilula

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bear-Grape	Pill Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Ericales (Ericales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Ericaceae	Byrrhidae
Genus	Arctostaphylos	Byrrhus
Species	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Byrrhus pilula

Conservation Status

Bear-Grape

LC — Least Concern

Pill Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bear-Grape	Pill Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bear-Grape

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

Pill Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Bear-Grape

The Bear-Grape (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) is a species in the genus Arctostaphylos. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.