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Drugstore Beetle

This beetle got its name because of its being a serious pest of stored herbs used as medicine in early apothecaries or drug stores.

  • Common Name: Drugstore Beetle
  • Scentific Name: Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus)
  • Class/Order/Family: Insecta/Coleoptera/Anobiidae
  • Metamorphosis: Complete
  • Size

    Size

    Adults about 1/16 to 1/8" long.

  • Color

    Color

    Reddish brown to brown.

  • Biology

    Biology

    Lays oval, whitish eggs in and around food materials.

  • Habit

    Habit

    Attacks foods, spices, drugs, hair, leather, etc.

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