Saw-toothed grain beetle

Found globally in places where food is stored, such as kitchens, pantries, warehouses, and grain elevators.

Scavenges on dry food products including cereals, flour, pasta, nuts, seeds, dried fruit, and chocolate.

Long-lived adults are active and can crawl into tiny crevices in packaging. They do not fly and are not attracted to lights; they typically reproduce rapidly in warm, humid conditions.

While they do not bite humans or pets or carry diseases, they are major household and economic pests that contaminate stored food products with their waste and bodies.