flour beetles
Grain storage insects
Flour beetles are small reddish-brown insects that infest stored grain products, particularly flour, cereal, and pasta.
The most common species are the red flour beetle and confused flour beetle, both household pests that can survive for years in pantries.
They don't bite or spread disease but contaminate food with their bodies and secretions: We had to throw out everything after finding flour beetles in the cabinet.
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
- life cycleOrganism's full developmental sequence
- insectsSix-legged arthropods
- arthropodsJointed-limb invertebrates
- tinyExtremely small in size
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