Confused Flour Beetle

This beetle got its name because of the confusion regarding its identity. One of the most important pests of stored products found in the home.

• Common Name: Confused Flour Beetle
• Scentific Name: Tribolium confusum (duVal)
• Class/Order/Family: Insecta/Coleoptera/Tenebrionidae
• Metamorphosis: Complete

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  Size

  Adults about 1/8" long.

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  Color

  Reddish brown.

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  Biology

  Deposits 300-500 clear-white sticky eggs among food materials in cracks.

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  Habit

  Unable to feed on whole kernels or undamaged grain.

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