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Drugstore beetles primarily feed and cause damage during the larval stage. [1] The drugstore beetle attacks a wide variety of food sources including pharmaceutical products and medicinal plants, earning its name. This species is known for feeding on both food and non-food materials.
Drugstore beetles look similar but have deep pits on the wings. Historically, they were a pest of medicinal herbs in early drug stores. They like medicines, bread, cereal, ...
Lasioderma serricorne, more commonly referred to as the cigarette beetle, cigar beetle, or tobacco beetle, is a small beetle that shares a resemblance with the drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum) and the common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum).
After the larval period, drugstore beetle larvae move out of the substrate to build a cocoon and pupate. The pupation period takes a total of 12–18 days. The entire life cycle of the drugstore beetle lasts approximately two months but can be as long as seven months. These stored product pests will infest almost anything readily available.
Ptinidae is a family of beetles in the superfamily Bostrichoidea. There are at least 220 genera and 2,200 described species in Ptinidae worldwide. [1] The family includes spider beetles and deathwatch beetle, [2] as well as the cigarette, drugstore and furniture beetles.
Xyletininae is a subfamily of death-watch and spider beetles in the family Ptinidae. There are about 13 genera and at least 170 described species in Xyletininae. There are about 13 genera and at least 170 described species in Xyletininae.
House flies. The house fly is the most common kind of fly found in homes.. While house flies only live up to 25 days, they reproduce fast and carry diseases, according to Direct Hit Pest Control.
The darkling beetles may be of the Tenebrionidae beetle family, which includes more than 15,000 species, WSU Extension has previously told the Herald. Getting rid of them.