Cigarette Beetle The cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne, also known as the tobacco beetle, is pest of stored products. Stored-product pests are responsible for tremendous damage and […]
Damage They infest boxes of stored, dried insects. The setae or “hairs” of Trogoderma larvae are important health hazards and are one of the reasons health […]
Characteristics Spider beetle are so named because some species actually resemble small spiders in appearance with their small head and prothorax and larger abdomen. The shiny […]
Characteristics Seed beetles are short, stout beetles belonging to the beetle Family Bruchidae. The main seed beetles that are stored product pests are the bean weevils, […]
Lesser Mealworm Beetle The lesser mealworm beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus is a smaller beetle measuring about ¼ inch to 1/6 inch (4 to 6mm) long. It is […]
Characteristics Black Fungus Beetle Two fungus beetles that infest food products are closed related to the lesser mealworm beetle. The black fungus beetle, Alphitobius laevigatus is […]
Flour Beetle The flour beetles belong to the Family Tenebrionidae which also contains the larger mealworm beetles and the darkling beetles. Tenebrionids can be distinguished from […]
Yellow Mealworm Beetle Mealworm beetles are large beetles, two species of which are the largest of the stored product beetles at 5/8 inch to 4/5 inch […]
Squarenecked Grain Beetle Like other members if the beetle Family Cucujidae, the squarenecked grain beetle is a flat beetle – a necessary shape for hiding in […]
Siamese Grain Beetle The Siamese grain beetle is a small (1/10”, 2.5 to 3 mm), flattened, reddish brown beetle that resembles a miniature cadelle in appearance. […]
