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title: "Strawberry Seed Beetle"
description: "Harpalus rufipes — Insetti e ragni. Harpalus rufipes, commonly known as the strawberry seed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/strawberry-seed-beetle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Strawberry Seed Beetle

> Harpalus rufipes — Insetti e ragni. Harpalus rufipes, commonly known as the strawberry seed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae.

- Scientific name: *Harpalus rufipes*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12312
- Wikidata: [Q9038223](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9038223)
- iNaturalist taxon: [131099](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/131099)

## Names

- en: Strawberry Seed Beetle
- de: Behaarter Erdbeersamenlaufkäfer
- fr: Harpale du Fraisier
- nl: Aardbeiloopkever
- pt: Pseudoophonus rufipes
- pl: Dzier włochaty

## Countries with the most observations

DE (705), GB (525), CA (519), RU (426), FR (404), AT (356), IT (303), UA (212), US (191), CZ (161), DK (151), FI (150)

## Summary

Harpalus rufipes, commonly known as the strawberry seed beetle, is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Harpalinae. It was described by Degeer in 1774, with the epithet rufipes being derived from Latin for red-footed. Harpalus rufipes is native to Europe. 
As a predator, Harpalus rufipes is used as a biological agent to control seed-eating pests including aphids and slugs such as Deroceras reticulatum, though they are known to feed on the seeds of strawberries. It has been used as a model organism to investigate the immune system of beetles, and a study has shown it is sensitive to engine oil and diesel oil.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpalus_rufipes

## Photo

![Strawberry Seed Beetle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/strawberry-seed-beetle/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephan Kleinfelder · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130869239

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/strawberry-seed-beetle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).