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Drugstore Beetle

Stegobium paniceum

The Drugstore Beetle is a tiny insect that loves to munch on dried foods like grains and spices. They are small and brown, making them hard to spot in your kitchen!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Drugstore Beetle is a small, reddish-brown to dark brown insect with a cylindrical body covered in fine, short hairs. Its head is often tucked deeply under its pronotum, making it hard to see from above. It has distinct antennae ending in a three-segmented club, distinguishing it from other common pantry pests.

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Drugstore Beetle
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Drugstore Beetle

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Female beetles can lay hundreds of tiny eggs, ensuring many new beetles!

Its scientific name, Stegobium paniceum, means "bread-eating cupboard-dweller"!

They can chew through aluminum foil and even lead to get to food!

They once infested an ancient Egyptian tomb, eating mummified food!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Survivor Stomach

Drugstore Beetles can digest an incredible variety of foods, even toxic ones, that helps them survive in many environments.

Fähigkeit

Packaging Penetrator

Drugstore Beetles have strong mandibles that help them chew through paper, foil, and plastic to reach their food.

Fähigkeit

Distant Dinner Detector

Drugstore Beetles have sensitive antennae that help them locate hidden food sources from a considerable distance.

Fähigkeit

Toxin Tolerator

Drugstore Beetles can withstand many chemicals and even some poisons, which helps them infest a wide range of products.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
4-7 mm
Größe
2-3.5 mm
Lebenserwartung
40-90 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny beetles are omnivores, eating almost any dried plant or animal product they find.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae cause most of the feeding damage before pupating.

Hauptnahrung

  • dried pasta
  • pet food
  • spices
  • dried fruit
  • tobacco
  • books

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Drugstore Beetle Parasitoid Wasp

Pteromalus paniceus

Wasp larvae feed inside the beetle larva.

eaten by

Predatory Clerid Beetle

Thaneroclerus buqueti

This beetle hunts and eats drugstore beetle larvae.

eaten by

House Mouse

Mus musculus

Mice may eat larvae and adult beetles.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Bread BeetleFlour Beetle

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't touch insects without asking an adult, as some can bite or sting.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Drugstore Beetle?

4-7 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Drugstore Beetle?

2-3.5 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Drugstore Beetle?

40-90 Tage

Was frisst Drugstore Beetle?

These tiny beetles are omnivores, eating almost any dried plant or animal product they find.

Wo findet man Drugstore Beetle normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Drugstore Beetle?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Drugstore Beetle?

6

Snap-Karte

Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.

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Neueste Snaps

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